The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-05
PRESIDENTIAL
POST OFFICES
WHAT THE FOUR OF THIS CLASS
IN HAWAII HAVE DONE THE
PAST YEAR.

PAST YEAR.
The auditor for the Poeionice Depart
mcnt has just made publ;e the receipts
and expenditures of various postofTices
of the country in what is known as the
presidential class That includes four
postofiices in Hawaii-Hilo. Honolulu,
Lahaina and Lihue. Wailuku was in
the same class last year but has drop
ped to a fourth class office because of
the decrease in receipts. The accounts
of fourth-class offices are kept sepa-
rately and the detailed receipts and ex-
penditures are not made public. The
receipts in three of the Hawaiian offices
Hilo, Honolulu, and Lihue have all in
creased during the past fiscal year,
which ended June go Several months
are always necessary in which to ball
ance the books and get the figures in
shape for publication and subsequently
for printing in the auditors annual re-
port.
Honolulu is, of course, the largest
postoffice, far and away, in the islands.
The gross receipts there for the fiscal
year just passed were $62, 1913 GA, as a
gainst S59,S67.90 for the fiscal year
which ended June &c. 1902. Out of that
sum the government paid expenses
amounting to $46,744.71, or IS per cent of
the whole, leaving SIS, 62S93 in net re-
venue which went into the Golfers of
the government There was a reduc-
ton in expenses of the Honolulu post
offices for last year, as compared with
"a Nx-ha fho of oil
expenses amounted to S45. 21O or rs per
cent of the gross receipts, leaving a net
revenue that year of $14,65726. The
verious expenses for that year were 49,
300 for the postmasters salary. $685.
660S0 for clerk hire; $1119,O4 for rent,
light and fuel $722.74 for incidentals;
and 6,4OS.15 for free delivery of mail.
For the last fiscal year the expenses
comprised $1,000 for postmaster's salary
$31, 265.S7 for clerk hire; $9S5.20 for rent
light and fuel; $1.592.24 for incidentals;
and $9S91.40 for free delivery of letters.
1t will thus be seen that less was paid
during the last fiscal year for clerk
hire but that the amount paid for free
delivery was considerably increased.
| Honolulu is what the postal officials
: term a first-class office; Hilo a second
J class office. At Hilo the gross receipts
for the last fiscal year were 49, 501.9S out
of which was paid 1000 for the post
masters salary; $2,96092 for clerk hire;
$S5 for rent light and fuel; and $1,271, Is
for incidental expenses. the total eX-
, penses being $6,316.S0 or &c per cent
of the gross receipts, leaving a net re-
| venue to the government of $31S5.1S
For the previous fiscal year the figures
for Hilo were gross receipts, $S,559.41;
!, postmaster's salary $4,000; clerk hire
! $2,S52.47; rent light and fuel, $S1; in
l cidentals, $135.21; and total expenses
l $5.O6S.6S, or SO per cent of the gross re-
ceipts, which left a net revenue of SO,
1908.
The record O. the postoffice at La
haina, know as a third-clas oce, for
the fiscal year, ending June go 1902,
= was; gross receipts, $2,SO4S3; psot-
r masters salary, 1900; clerk hire, $3.50;
: incidentals As cents: total expenses, 81,
3S0.4S, or 40 per cent of the gross re-
ceipts, making the net revenue, 81, 424 80
For this last fiscal year the correspond
ing figures were: gross receipts so, 767. Go
postmaster's salary $1,000; clerk hire,
$3.50; total expenses $1.4S0, or SO per cent
and net revenue $l,2S1.65. No rent was
charged the government either year
and last year there were no incidental
expenses, which is a rare thing for a
postofiice of the presidential class.
The postoffice at Lihue is a third
. class office and the gross receipts there
during the past fiscal year were ST.
659.46 of which So per cent or 81 800. As,
was, for expenses. Included in the last
named total was $1,100 for postmaster's
salary; 1920 70 clerk hire; $135.45 for
, rent, light and fuel. There were no
, incidental expenses. For the previous
fiscal year the gross receipts were ST.
100; postmaster's salary, 100; clerk
hire $3.50; rent light and fuel 800; to-
tai expenses, $1,3SO, or 63 per cent, and
the net revenue $S1O,75.
These accounts of presidential offices
do not include anything paid for trans
, portation of mails. That is kept in a
separate ledger The expenses there
of generally equal or exceed the profits
made by the operations of postoffices of
the presidential class.