The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-20

Quartermaster' department at San
Francisco. The Merchants Association
has petitioned the Department to give
the Honolulu merchants a chance at
such business.
The Association took ground, after
considering letter from Postmaster
Pratt, against the Postal Savings bank
and Parcels Post systems. The follow
ing correspondence tells why:
Postmaster Pratt's Letter.
Honolulu Postoflice.
Office of the Postmaster.
Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii,
August z, 1908.
Honorable Geo. W. Smith, President,
Merchants Association, Honolulu,
II. II.
Sir: I have the honor to hand you
herewith a statement of the business
transacted at the Honolulu Postoffice
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
ules and exhibits:
Abatement showing the receipts and
disbursements, by quarters, for the
fiscal years ending June 30, 1905,
1906, 1907 and 1908.
B-Statement of money order business,
for the fiscal years ending June 30,
1906, 1907 and 1908.
C-Statement showing number of par
cells post packages received from and
dispatched to foreign countries, and
amount of customs duties collected
by this Office, for the fiscal years end
ing June 80, 1905, 1906, 1907 and
1908.
D-Statement of registry business for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1908,
1906, 1907 and 1908.
E-Statement showing amount Of mails
received and dispatched, for fiscal
years ending June 80, 1907 and 1908.
F-Mail transportation service, for fs-
cal years ending June 30, 1906, 1907
and 1908.
G-Statement of business transacted in
the dead letter bureau for fiscal
year ending June 80, 1908.
H-List of postofiices and names of
postmasters in the Territory of Ha-
waii on June 80, 1908.
Recapitulating.
Exhibit A. Receipts and Disburse.
ments.-A very considerable increase
will be noted in the receipts from the
sales Of stamps and stamped paper,
postage collected on second. class mat
ter (newspapers), during 1908 over
former years, the revenue from these
sources being as follows: l9O5, $6o,-
s76.o2; 1906, $66,25765; 1907, $4,'
964.63; 1908. s75,s07,0o.
Our receipts from box rents show
falling off Of approximately $4,000 dur
ing 1908, over former years, owing to
reduced rent rates adopted by the de.
nartment April I, 1907, which reduc-
tion however, effects saving to the
box-holders.
In the matter of disbursements, our
expenditures for clerk hire, free dellv-
ery services. office rent and mlscel-
laneous expenses show an increase, due
principally to the recent Act of Con-
gress March Q, 1900 granting IN
creased salaries for postothce clerks,
and for rental of registry and money
order rooms in the new McCandless
building. The total amount OF expen'
ditures were as follows: 1908, S4i,'
67495; 1906. $50.i1sS2; 1907, $780,
sI4.7O; 1908, $55.965,02.
Exhibit b. Money-Order Business
This office issued domestic money or
ders in 1906 numbering 81 l,479, amount
ing to $401 ,307. .65; 1907, numbering IL
4Os. amounting to 1898, ,ss0.S5; 1908,
numbering 29,493, amounting to $780,
23S.57.
International orders were issued as
follows: 1906. 6O56 orders, amounting
to $l39,27525; 1907 1917 orders,
amounting to Sl79, ,37636; 1908, 1923
orders. amounting to $226.O75.lO.
This Office, as the depositary of sur
plus money.order funds for all other
postoflices in Hawaii, received during
1906 the sum of $2,077 ,l4496; during
1907. the sum of $3.50, 1861; during
1908, the sum of $2,52S,4 ,42S.25.
Money orders paid and repaid at this
Office as follows: 1906, 56,250 orders
amounting to $l,576,35l.25; 1907, 52,
$40 orders, amounting to $l,5ls,o44.7 4
1908. 81 ,052 orders, amounting to 81,
457,927.7l.
Money order funds transmitted t.
the Treasury of the United States, a
Chicago. Illinois, as follows: 1906, 81,
o44,349.7O; 1907, $l,2S4, 4,55O.55; 1905
$1,67S,l00.
Money orders issued in Hawaii (al
ofiices) and certified by this office, a
follows:
1906.
- N,.,Ha, Amount