Part 20

─────────────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┬────────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┬────────────── States and │ Incidental │ Total │ Amount of │ Total │ Excess of │ Excess of Territories. │ expenses of │ compensation │ transportation │ expenses. │ expenditures │ receipts │ post-offices.│ and │ certified to │ │ over │ over │ │ incidental │ the Postmaster-│ │ receipts. │ expenditures. │ │ expenses. │ General for │ │ │ │ │ │ payment and │ │ │ │ │ │ credited to │ │ │ │ │ │ contractors. │ │ │ ─────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── Maine │ $17,489 69 │ $104,926 74 │ $103,483 36 │ $208,410 00 │ $2,500 40 │ ... New Hampshire │ 5,118 38 │ 62,723 82 │ 53,929 30 │ 116,653 12 │ ... │ $12,137 50 Vermont │ 1,344 44 │ 64,067 87 │ 73,958 60 │ 138,027 47 │ 8,666 15 │ ... Massachusetts │ 112,309 47 │ 290,611 83 │ 177,787 29 │ 468,399 12 │ ... │ 213,463 35 Rhode Island │ 9,676 44 │ 28,399 90 │ 11,369 87 │ 39,769 77 │ ... │ 39,349 93 Connecticut │ 17,295 78 │ 95,939 27 │ 82,471 38 │ 178,410 65 │ ... │ 48,705 86 New York │ 323,254 45 │ 698,901 60 │ 479,342 89 │ 1,178,244 49 │ ... │ 636,524 01 New Jersey │ 8,691 96 │ 77,956 77 │ 98,778 11 │ 176,734 88 │ 1,641 71 │ ... Pennsylvania │ 103,911 87 │ 352,607 19 │ 365,907 08 │ 718,514 21 │ ... │ 166,181 77 Delaware │ 2,335 17 │ 13,203 09 │ 18,730 29 │ 31,933 38 │ 1,402 71 │ ... Maryland │ 34,410 10 │ 82,469 92 │ 232,202 13 │ 314,672 05 │ 107,309 51 │ ... District of Columbia │ 62,304 15 │ 67,278 48 │ ... │ 67,278 48 │ ... │ 165,244 81 Virginia │ 19,062 42 │ 49,274 72 │ 53,319 09 │ 102,593 81 │ ... │ 38,780 67 North Carolina │ ... │ 1 37 │ ... │ 1 37 │ ... │ 1 66 South Carolina │ ... │ 1,173 96 │ ... │ 1,173 96 │ ... │ 8,301 98 Georgia │ ... │ ........ │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... Florida │ 91 49 │ 2,272 66 │ ... │ 2,272 66 │ ... │ 1,919 44 Alabama │ ... │ ........ │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... Mississippi │ 395 08 │ 966 82 │ ... │ 966 82 │ ... │ 2,447 95 Texas │ 50 │ 1,568 98 │ ... │ 1,568 98 │ ... │ 2,922 80 Kentucky │ 19,066 27 │ 75,201 07 │ 216,073 18 │ 291,274 25 │ 113,397 54 │ ... Michigan │ 23,322 77 │ 119,665 35 │ 187,149 80 │ 306,815 15 │ 69,584 43 │ ... Wisconsin │ 14,584 80 │ 106,725 63 │ 151,010 16 │ 257,735 79 │ 15,063 38 │ ... Louisiana │ 465 51 │ 630 34 │ ... │ 630 34 │ ... │ 861 56 Tennessee │ 2,639 96 │ 4,362 35 │ ... │ 4,362 35 │ ... │ 9,530 27 Missouri │ 42,601 09 │ 96,992 31 │ 1,340,613 47 │ 1,437,605 78 │ 1,210,074 11 │ ... Illinois │ 90,703 04 │ 283,220 29 │ 386,610 21 │ 669,830 50 │ 79,325 37 │ ... Ohio │ 35,636 32 │ 328,297 31 │ 558,771 56 │ 887,068 87 │ 186,584 42 │ ... Indiana │ 18,836 84 │ 152,602 64 │ 283,193 46 │ 435,796 10 │ 117,993 85 │ ... Arkansas │ ... │ 45 │ 1,089 29 │ 1,089 74 │ 1,077 02 │ ... Iowa │ 13,272 81 │ 93,474 11 │ 204,283 26 │ 297,757 37 │ 114,272 82 │ ... California │ 35,259 26 │ 83,931 67 │ 297,072 52 │ 381,004 19 │ 127,760 88 │ ... Oregon │ 67 37 │ 6,043 30 │ 23,474 00 │ 29,517 30 │ 15,441 29 │ ... Minnesota │ 2,860 03 │ 27,553 42 │ 123,278 10 │ 150,831 52 │ 96,578 30 │ ... Kansas │ 790 06 │ 14,382 57 │ 73,703 60 │ 88,086 17 │ 57,614 00 │ ... Utah │ 39 87 │ 1,637 00 │ 17,226 00 │ 18,863 00 │ 15,900 72 │ ... Nebraska │ 88 71 │ 4,934 97 │ 51,904 37 │ 56,839 34 │ 47,086 40 │ ... Washington │ 6 84 │ 1,859 09 │ 32,685 45 │ 34,544 54 │ 31,252 19 │ ... New Mexico │ ... │ 815 24 │ 19,825 14 │ 20,640 38 │ 19,057 47 │ ... Colorado │ 124 76 │ 4,603 65 │ 1,327 60 │ 5,931 25 │ ... │ 2,686 25 Dakota │ 8 75 │ 819 53 │ ... │ 819 53 │ ... │ 640 36 Nevada │ 59 93 │ 3,560 37 │ ... │ 3,560 37 │ ... │ 2,414 11 ├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── │ 1,068,126 38 │ 3,405,656 59 │ 5,720,570 56 │ 9,126,228 15 │ 2,439,584 67 │ 1,382,114 28 Deduct miscellan’s │ │ │ │ │ │ items │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... Add miscellaneous │ │ │ │ │ │ items │ ... │ 3,236 07 │ 65,143 61 │ 103,143 28 │ 103,143 28 │ ... ├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────── │ 1,068,126 38 │ 3,408,893 66 │ 5,785,714 17 │ 9,229,371 43 │ 2,542,727 95 │ 1,382,114 28 On acc’t of route │ │ │ │ │ │ ag’ts, mail │ │ │ │ │ │ messengers, special │ │ │ │ │ │ transportation, │ │ │ │ │ │ for’n mails, &c. │ ... │ ... │ 1,207,899 58 │ ... │ │ ├──────────────┼──────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────┤ │ │ │ │ 6,993,613 75 │ │ │ Add receipts on │ │ │ │ │ │ account of │ │ │ │ │ │ emoluments, &c. │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... │ 265,826 74 │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────── │ │ │ │ │ │ 1,647,941 02 Deduct excess of │ │ │ │ │ │ receipts │ ... │ ... │ ... │ ... │ 1,647,941 02 │ │ │ │ │ ├──────────────┤ │ │ │ │ │ 894,786 93 │ ─────────────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────┴────────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────

NOTE.—The following items of revenue are not embraced in the above statement, viz.:

Receipts on account of emoluments $93,842 25 Receipts on account of letter-carriers 167,662 16 Receipts on account of fines 1,455 00 Receipts on account of dead letters 1,052 51 Miscellaneous receipts 1,814 82 ——————————— Total 265,826 74 =========== Excess of expenditures over receipts $894,786 93 Add amount paid for foreign mails and expenses of government mail agents $405,249 22 Route agents 274,081 30 Supply of special offices and mail messengers 238,916 10 Ship, steamboat, and way-letters 6,860 11 Letter-carriers’ fees 167,662 16 Dead-letter money refunded ... Amounts allowed and paid to Department, viz.: Interest to contractors, under Act of February 15, 1860 400 36 ——————————————————————————— Amount carried forward $1,093,169 25 $894,786 93

Amount brought forward $1,093,169 25 $894,786 93 Wrapping paper 18,179 70 Office furniture 213 31 Advertising 24,120 73 Mail bags 47,902 35 Blanks 89,557 44 Mail locks, keys, and stamps 16,690 00 Mail depredations and special agents 48,320 06 Clerks for offices 14,697 63 Postage stamps and stamped envelopes 93,291 04 Miscellaneous payments 27,723 43 Foreign postage collected and returned to foreign governments 167,238 40 —————————— 1,641,103 34 ———————————— Total excess of expenditures over receipts $2,535,890 27 Add difference between _accrued_ and _paid_ transportation 289,652 96 Add amount charged to “bad debts” and “suspense” accounts 601 12 ————————————— Total amount $2,826,144 35

The aggregate receipts for 1863 were $11,163,789 59 ” ” expenditures for 1863 were 11,314,206 84 —————————————— Deficiency $150,417 25

NUMBER OF POST-OFFICES, EXTENT OF POST-ROUTES, AND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT; WITH THE AMOUNT PAID TO POSTMASTERS AND FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE MAIL, SINCE 1790.

───────┬────────┬─────────┬──────────┬────────────┬──────────────────────────── │ No. of │ Extent │ Revenue │Expenditures│ Amount paid for Year. │ Post- │of Post- │ of the │ of the ├─────────────┬────────────── │Offices.│ Routes │ Depart- │ Department.│ Compen. of │ Transport’n │ │in Miles.│ ment. │ │Postmasters. │ of the Mail. ───────┼────────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────────┼─────────────┼────────────── 1790 │ 75 │ 1,875 │ $37,935│ $32,140 │ $8,198 │ $22,081 1795 │ 453 │ 13,207 │ 160,620│ 117,893 │ 30,272 │ 75,359 1800 │ 903 │ 20,817 │ 280,804│ 213,994 │ 69,243 │ 128,644 1805 │ 1,558 │ 31,076 │ 421,373│ 377,367 │ 111,552 │ 239,635 1810 │ 2,300 │ 36,406 │ 551,684│ 495,969 │ 149,438 │ 327,966 1815 │ 3,000 │ 43,748 │ 1,043,065│ 748,121 │ 241,901 │ 487,779 1816 │ 3,260 │ 48,673 │ 961,782│ 804,422 │ 265,944 │ 521,970 1817 │ 3,459 │ 52,089 │ 1,002,973│ 916,515 │ 303,916 │ 589,189 1818 │ 3,618 │ 59,473 │ 1,130,235│ 1,035,832 │ 346,429 │ 664,611 1819 │ 4,000 │ 67,586 │ 1,204,737│ 1,117,861 │ 375,828 │ 717,881 1820 │ 4,500 │ 72,492 │ 1,111,927│ 1,160,926 │ 352,295 │ 782,425 1821 │ 4,650 │ 78,808 │ 1,059,087│ 1,184,283 │ 337,599 │ 815,681 1822 │ 4,709 │ 82,763 │ 1,117,490│ 1,167,572 │ 355,299 │ 788,618 1823 │ 5,043 │ 84,860 │ 1,130,115│ 1,156,995 │ 360,462 │ 767,464 1824 │ 5,182 │ 84,860 │ 1,197,758│ 1,188,019 │ 383,804 │ 768,939 1825 │ 5,677 │ 94,052 │ 1,306,525│ 1,229,043 │ 411,183 │ 785,646 1826 │ 6,150 │ 94,052 │ 1,447,703│ 1,366,712 │ 447,727 │ 885,100 1827 │ 7,003 │ 105,336 │ 1,524,633│ 1,468,959 │ 486,411 │ 942,335 1828 │ 7,530 │ 105,336 │ 1,659,915│ 1,689,945 │ 548,049 │ 1,086,313 1829 │ 8,004 │ 115,000 │ 1,707,418│ 1,782,132 │ 559,237 │ 1,153,646 1830 │ 8,450 │ 115,176 │ 1,850,583│ 1,932,708 │ 595,234 │ 1,274,009 1831 │ 8,686 │ 115,486 │ 1,997,811│ 1,936,122 │ 635,028 │ 1,252,226 1832 │ 9,205 │ 104,466 │ 2,258,570│ 2,266,171 │ 715,481 │ 1,482,507 1833 │ 10,127 │ 119,916 │ 2,617,011│ 2,930,414 │ 826,283 │ 1,894,638 1834 │ 10,693 │ 119,916 │ 2,823,749│ 2,910,605 │ 897,317 │ 1,925,544 1835 │ 10,770 │ 112,774 │ 2,993,356│ 2,757,350 │ 945,418 │ 1,719,007 1836 │ 11,091 │ 118,264 │ 3,408,323│ 3,841,766 │ 812,804 │ 1,638,052 1837 │ 11,767 │ 141,242 │ 4,236,779│ 3,544,630 │ 891,353 │ 1,996,727 1838 │ 12,519 │ 134,818 │ 4,238,733│ 4,430,662 │ 933,948 │ 3,131,308 1839 │ 12,780 │ 133,999 │ 4,484,657│ 4,636,536 │ 980,000 │ 3,285,622 1840 │ 13,468 │ 155,739 │ 4,543,522│ 4,718,236 │ 1,028,925 │ 3,296,876 1841 │ 13,778 │ 155,026 │ 4,407,726│ 4,499,528 │ 1,018,645 │ 3,159,375 1842 │ 13,733 │ 149,732 │ 4,546,849│ 5,674,752 │ 1,147,256 │ 3,087,796 1843 │ 13,814 │ 142,295 │ 4,296,225│ 4,374,754 │ 1,426,394 │ 2,947,319 1844 │ 14,103 │ 144,687 │ 4,237,288│ 4,296,513 │ 1,358,316 │ 2,938,551 1845 │ 14,183 │ 143,940 │ 4,289,841│ 4,320,732 │ 1,409,875 │ 2,905,504 [A]1846│ 14,601 │ 152,865 │ 3,487,199│ 4,084,297 │ 1,042,079 │ 2,716,673 [A]1847│ 15,146 │ 153,818 │ 3,955,893│ 3,979,570 │ 1,060,228 │ 2,476,455 [A]1848│ 16,159 │ 163,208 │ 4,371,077│ 4,346,850 │ │ 2,394,703 [A]1849│ 16,749 │ 163,703 │ 4,905,176│ 4,479,049 │ 1,320,921 │ 2,577,407 [A]1850│ 18,417 │ 178,672 │ 5,552,971│ 5,212,953 │ 1,549,376 │ 2,965,786 [A]1851│ 19,796 │ 196,290 │ 6,727,867│ 6,278,402 │ 1,781,686 │ 3,538,064 [A]1852│ 20,901 │ 214,284 │ 6,925,971│ 7,108,459 │ 1,296,765 │ 4,225,311 [A]1853│ 22,320 │ 217,743 │ 5,940,725│ 7,982,957 │ 1,406,477 │ 4,906,308 [A]1854│ 23,548 │ 219,935 │ 6,955,586│ 8,577,424 │ 1,707,708 │ 5,401,382 [A]1855│ 24,410 │ 227,908 │ 7,342,136│ 9,968,342 │ 2,135,335 │ 6,076,335 [A]1856│ 25,565 │ 239,642 │ 7,620,822│ 10,405,286 │ 2,102,891 │ 6,765,639 [A]1857│ 26,586 │ 242,601 │ 8,053,952│ 11,508,058 │ 2,285,610 │ 7,239,333 [A]1858│ 27,977 │ 260,603 │ 8,186,793│ 12,722,470 │ 2,355,016 │ 8,246,054 [A]1859│ 28,539 │ 260,052 │ 8,668,484│ 15,754,093 │ 2,453,901 │ 7,157,629 [A]1860│ 28,498 │ 240,594 │ 8,518,067│ 19,170,600 │ 2,552,868 │ 14,281,655 [A]1861│ 28,586 │ 140,399 │ 8,349,296│ 13,606,759 │ 2,514,157 │ 9,173,274 [A]1862│ 28,875 │ 134,013 │ 8,299,820│ 11,125,364 │ 2,340,767 │ 6,993,613[47] 1863│ 29,047 │ 139,598 │11,163,789│ 11,314,206 │ 2,876,983 │ 6,541,580 ───────┴────────┴─────────┴──────────┴────────────┴─────────────┴──────────────

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE VALUE OF STAMPS AND STAMPED ENVELOPES ISSUED DURING THE THREE YEARS 1860-61-62.

───────┬───────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────── Years.│ Stamps. │ Envelopes. │ Total. ───────┼───────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────── 1860 │ $5,920,939 00 │ $949,377 19 │ $6,870,316 19 1861 │ 5,908,522 60 │ 781,711 13 │ 6,690,233 73 1862 │ 7,078,188 00 │ 756,904 00 │ 7,835,092 00 ───────┴───────────────┴─────────────┴───────────────

Increase over the issue of 1860 $964,775 81 Increase over the issue of 1861 1,144,858 27

STATEMENT SHOWING POSTAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES, IN TOTO AND PER CAPITA, ACCORDING TO POPULATION, AT EIGHT SUCCESSIVE DECADES, FROM 1790 TO 1863, INCLUSIVE.

──────┬───────────┬──────────────┬────────────┬───────────────────┬─────────────────── Years.│ Revenue. │ Expenditures.│ Population.│ Revenue per │ Expenditures │ │ │ │ capita. │ per capita. ──────┼───────────┼──────────────┼────────────┼───────────────────┼─────────────────── 1790 │ $37,935│ $32,140 │ 3,929,827 │ 9/10 of a cent.│ 8/10 of a cent. 1800 │ 280,804│ 213,994 │ 5,305,925 │ 5-3/10 cents. │ 4 cents. 1810 │ 551,684│ 495,969 │ 7,239,814 │ 7-6/10 ” │ 6-8/10 ” 1820 │ 1,111,927│ 1,160,926 │ 9,638,131 │ 11-1/2 ” │ 12 ” 1830 │ 1,919,300│ 1,959,109 │ 12,866,020 │ 14-9/10 ” │ 15-2/10 ” 1840 │ 4,543,522│ 4,718,236 │ 17,069,453 │ 26-6/10 ” │ 27-6/10 ” 1850 │ 5,499,985│ 5,212,953 │ 23,191,876 │ 23-7/10 ” │ 22-1/2 ” 1851 │ 6,410,604│ 6,278,402 │ 23,873,717 │ 26-9/10 ” │ 26-3/10 ” 1852 │ 5,184,527│ 7,108,459 │ 24,575,604 │ 21-1/10 ” │ 28-9/10 ” 1853 │ 5,240,725│ 7,982,756 │ 25,298,126 │ 20-7/10 ” │ 31-1/10 ” 1854 │ 6,255,586│ 8,577,424 │ 26,041,890 │ 24 ” │ 32-9/10 ” 1855 │ 6,642,136│ 9,968,342 │ 26,807,521 │ 24-8/10 ” │ 37-2/10 ” 1856 │ 6,920,822│ 10,405,286 │ 27,595,662 │ 25 ” │ 37-7/10 ” 1857 │ 7,353,952│ 11,508,058 │ 28,406,974 │ 25-9/10 ” │ 40-1/2 ” 1858 │ 7,486,793│ 15,754,093 │ 30,101,857 │ 26-1/2 ” │ 52-3/10 ” 1860 │ 8,518,067│ 14,874,601 │ 31,445,089 │ 27-1/10 ” │ 47-3/10 ” 1861 │ 8,349,296│ 13,606,759 │ 32,577,112 │ 25-6/10 ” │ 41-8/10 ” 1862 │ 8,299,821│ 11,125,364 │ 33,749,888 │ 24-6/10 ” │ 33 ” 1863 │ 11,163,790│ 11,314,207 │ 34,762,384 │ 32-4/10 ” │ 32-9/10 ” ──────┴───────────┴──────────────┴────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────

NOTE.—The population from 1851 to 1863, excepting the year 1860, is estimated by the standard ratio of increase.

_CHANGES AND REDUCTIONS IN THE RATES OF DOMESTIC POSTAGE IN FORMER YEARS._

The following will exhibit the principal changes and reductions in the rates of postage on domestic letters at various dates from 1792 to 1863. The _single_ rate for _land_ transit is referred to in every case.

Act of February 20, 1792. Rates for a single-sheet letter,—30 miles or under, 6 cents; 30 to 60 miles, 8 cents; 60 to 100 miles, 10 cents; 100 to 150 miles, 12 cents; 150 to 200 miles, 15 cents; 200 to 250 miles, 17 cents; 250 to 350 miles, 20 cents; 350 to 450 miles, 22 cents; over 450 miles, 25 cents.

Act of 2d March, 1799. Rates for a single-sheet letter,—40 miles or under, 8 cents; 40 to 90 miles, 10 cents; 90 to 150 miles, 12-1/2 cents; 150 to 300 miles, 17 cents; 300 to 500 miles, 20 cents; over 500 miles, 25 cents.

The revenue act of 23d December, 1814, added 50 per cent. to the rates last above; but the addition was repealed February 1, 1816, which restored the rates of 1799.

Act of April 9, 1816. Rates for a single-sheet letter,—30 miles or under, 6 cents; 30 to 80 miles, 10 cents; 80 to 150 miles, 12-1/2 cents; 150 to 400 miles, 18-1/2 cents; over 400 miles, 25 cents.

Act of 3d March, 1845. Rates for a single-sheet letter,—300 miles or under, 5 cents; over 300 miles, 10 cents.

Act of 3d March, 1851. Rates for a half-ounce letter,—3000 miles or under, if prepaid, 3 cents, if unpaid, 5 cents; over 3000 miles, double.

Act of 3d March, 1855. Rates for a half-ounce letter,—3000 miles or under, 3 cents; over 3000 miles, 10 cents.

Under this act prepayment was not compulsory, and after January, 1856, prepayment by stamps was required.

[The issue of postage-stamps was first authorized by an act of 3d March, 1847, and subsequently by the act of 3d March, 1851.]

Act of 3d March, 1863. Rate for half-ounce letter, 3 cents everywhere throughout the United States.

_DOMESTIC POSTAGE._

The law requires postage on all letters (including those to foreign countries when prepaid), excepting those written by officers of the government, addressed to the department with which they are connected, and on official business, to be prepaid by stamps or stamped envelopes, prepayment in money being prohibited.

All drop-letters must be prepaid, at the rate of two cents per half-ounce or fraction of a half-ounce, by postage stamps. If not prepaid, the double rate to be charged.

The single rate of postage on all domestic mail-letters throughout the United States is three cents per half-ounce, with an additional rate of three cents for each additional half-ounce or fraction of a half-ounce. The former ten-cent (Pacific) rate is abolished.

_NEWSPAPER POSTAGE._

Postage on _Daily Papers_ to subscribers when prepaid quarterly or yearly in advance, either at the mailing-office or office of delivery, per quarter (three months) 35 cts. Six times per week, ” ” 30 ” For Tri-Weekly, ” ” 15 ” For Semi-Weekly, ” ” 10 ” For Weekly, ” ” 5 ”

WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS (one copy only) sent by the publisher to actual subscribers within the county where printed and published, _free_.

POSTAGE PER QUARTER (to be paid quarterly or yearly in advance) on NEWSPAPERS and PERIODICALS _issued less frequently than once a week_, sent to actual subscribers in any part of the United States:

Semi-monthly, not over 4 oz. 6 cts. ” over 4 oz. and not over 8 oz. 12 ” ” over 8 oz. and not over 12 oz. 18 ” Monthly, not over 4 oz. 3 ” ” over 4 oz. and not over 8 oz. 6 ” ” over 8 oz. and not over 12 oz. 9 ” Quarterly, not over 4 oz. 1 ” ” over 4 oz. and not over 8 oz. 2 ” ” over 8 oz. and not over 12 oz. 3 ”

PUBLISHERS OF NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS may send to each other from their respective offices of publication, free of postage, one copy of each publication, and may also send to each actual subscriber, enclosed in their publications, bills and receipts for the same, free of postage. They may also state on their respective publications the date when the subscription expires, to be written or printed.