The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-18
twelve MILLION
PIECES HANDLED.
HoEohunU rosrcrrfcn MIN
HAD RECORD nREAK1No
THE LAST YEAR

Nearly seven million letters weso
handled BY the Honolulu posioaico dur.
ing the fiscal year ended jane 30 last
and over ave million newspspctu, mag.
azines and other printed material, ac-
cording TO the annual statement Of
Postmaster Pratt, Issued yesterday.
The year was a record breaker in the
way Of mails handled aai also in re.
ceipts. For the Arbt time the total
income exceeded the 100000 mark,
the aggregate receipts being $lOs,s7l.-
ls as compared with tos,OO5.l4 in 1910
and ses, 1886 the previous year. Stamp
sales reached the remarkable total of
$97, 45O.O7 as against sos, 257.93 in 1910
and S7S,0S0.53 in l9O9. Box rents
brought in $3S4iI0 and second class
postage s2070.O5, both showing inereaes
over previous years. nahqp 8nNe
Disbursements for the fiscal year
totaled $63,2s9.43, so that the excess
of receipts over expenditures was S40,-
0sl.69, splendid showing. Ia 1910 the
excess receipts were 6,223.4S and in
the previous year $33, l4a.7s. The chief
item of increase in the expenditures
Tor the year under review was of $40
increase of clerks salaries.
Money Order Business, g.,
Business IN the money order, division
showed slight falling Off, naverthe-
less the total fepresehts no less sum
than $3,09949S.59, as agaiast $S,i42-
552.34 In tal0 and SO, 49,, S30.g0l fnar909.
The domestiel9g issued tothlehl 29,-
M, of an aggregate valIe of $54l,-
570.95. on which $27411S was paid in
fees. There were 6975 international
money orders issued, Of the total value
of SlSS,063.25, for winch the Office re-
ceived $l660.33 in fees. The deposits
from other offices aggregated $2,3l0,
1917 in value.
Money orders paid and repaid AMI
transmitted to depositHry totaled 49,,
0S9, 49S39, as compared with $3,l42,
552.34 in 1910 and $3,44S,25S.7s in
1909. s
Registered letters and parcels receiv-
ed for distribution numbered 1852 as
compared with 50,484 in 1910 ana &c.
S62 in 1909. There were 1882 domss.
VIZ pAAtclo IeBASbtANu lkutdtnu AotOfoi 10
9s1 in 1910 and 1900 in 1909, Domes-
tic parcels registered totaied 1886 as
compared with 1884 and 1890 in
1910 and 1909 respectively. Foreign
letters registered tOtaled 9812, foreign
parcels sol, letters aad parcels regis
tered foreign, S1S4. are :,e.e .a
Tremendous Figures. tai
Under the heading mails received aud
dispatched Postmaster Pratt gives the
following details. Letters despatched
6,923 ,2l9 as compared with 6,43O,2J
in 1910 and 6,722,704 In 1909. Prints,
5,275,794 as compared with 4,677, 631
and 1867, 1873 in 1910 and 1909 respec-
tIvely. Pouches despatched, 26,76a as
compared with 25,O07 and 22,T97 re-
spectively. Pouches received, 22,S25 as
compared W til 1T,2T7 and 22,O06 re-
spectively. Sacks despatched, 1920
as compared with 1876 and 14,175 IN
1910 ana 1909 respectively. Sacks re-
eeived, 27,079 as compared with 1869
and 1875 respectively
The mail transportation service cost
$I30,3l4.4S for the fiscal year as com
pared with $97, 1880 in 1910 and $ll9,
2121l in 1909. There are 20 star routes,
II steamboat, railroad, % mail mes
senegrs, spec al service and 2S per
mitted service, making the total routes
105.
The total number of employees, in
Gliding the postmaster. is AZ. There
Is one assistant postmaster, 80 clerks
aad 10 carriers.
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