PAPERS ACCOMPANYING THE The following depositaries and assistant treasurers receive and retain, subject to the warrants of the Post-Office Department, the funds of such post-offices as are instructed to deposit in their hands: Designated Depositaries. S. J. Holley, Buffalo, N. Y. J. Cushman, Olympia, Wash. Assistant Treasurers. Thomas Hillhouse, New York, N. Y. B. F. Flanders, New Orleans, La. C. II. Baldwin, Charleston, S. C. One hundred and twenty-eight post-offices are draft-offices, and during The remaining deposit-offices deposited with the depositaries named Three thousand seven hundred and fifty offices are special and mail- $2,011,940 5,344,010 64 4,397, 144 81 672, 483 71 The amount paid into the Treasury by postmasters, for the use and purposes of the Post-Office Department, during the fiscal year was................ 12, 495, 580 01 Revenue account of the Post-Office Department. The receipts of the Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875, were... The amount placed in the Treasury for the service of the Department for the fiscal year, being grants in aid of the revenne under the following acts of Congress, were: Under the second section of the act approved June 23, 1874, for mail-steamship service between San Francisco, Japan, and China.... Under the second section of the act approved June 23, 1874, for mail-steamship service between the United States and Brazil.............. Under the second section of the act approved June 23, 1874, for law-books for the use of the Post-Office Department Under the second section of the act approved March 3, Under the act approved January 22, 1875, (private,) to $500,000 00 150,000 00 2,000 00 1,000,000 00 $26, 791, 360 59 ་་ Revenue account of the Post-Office Department-Continued. Under the act approved March 3, 1875, (private,) to pay Under the third section of the act approved March 3, Under the third section of the act approved March 3, Under the fourth section of the act approved June 1, 1872, for supplying deficiency in the revenue of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1873 Under the third section of the act approved March 3, 1873, for supplying deficiency in the revenue of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1874 Under the third section of the act approved June 23, 1874, for supplying deficiency in the revenue of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875...... Aggregate of revenue and grants.. 33, 611, 309 45 The expenditures of the Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875, were .... Excess of expenditures ... 115,301 90 The net revenue of the Department from postages, being the aggregate of balances due the United States by postmasters on the adjustment of their quarterly-accounts for the year, after deducting their compensation and the expenses of their offices, was: For the quarter ended September 30, 1874. For the quarter ended December 31, 1874. For the quarter ended June 30, 1875.. Total....... $3,499, 095 24 3,599, 830 94 3,895,637 91 3,606,708 49 14, 601, 272 58 The amount of book, newspaper, and pamphlet postage, paid in money, was: Revenue account of the Post-Office Department-Continued. The amount of stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards, and newspaper-wrappers sold, was: For the quarter ended September 30, 1874 Total...... ..... $5,431,944 82 6, 173, 164 97 6,381,023 42 6,504, 804 02 24,490,942 23 The amount of official stamps furnished the different Departments, and included in the above amount of stamps sold, was: The number of quarterly-returns of postmasters received and audited, on which the sum of $14,601,272.58 was found due the United States, was: The amount charged to transportation accrued and placed to the credit of mail-contractors and others, for mail-transportation during the year, was: For the supply of special and mail-messenger offices.... $15, 145, 497 96 667,745 09 2,279,970 73 63,768 82 18, 146, 982 GO Mail-Transportation-Continued. New York, Venezuela, and United States of Colombia... Cleveland and Canada... New York, Philadelphia, and Belgium... Philadelphia, Havana, and New Orleans.. Expenses of Government mail-agent at Havana.. $1,412 60 52, 172 21 49, 303 59 194 25 42 51 1,408 30 2,750 16 800 00 1,473 55 940 00 374 52 $1,009,611 93 The amount credited to transportation accrued and charged to contractors, was: For fines imposed 19, 156, 594 53 For deductions... $3,495 06 149,466 36 152, 961, 42 Net amount to the credit of mail-contractors and others. 19, 003, 633 11 $18,777, 201 20 The amount actually paid during the year was Statement of collecting-division. This division has had charge of 24,400 accounts of postmasters who became late during the period from July 1, 1873, to June 30, 1875. Amounts collected from postmasters becoming late prior to July 1, 1874: Number of changes of postmasters reported by appointment-office during the fiscal year, was 15,262; and the balances due the United States upon the accounts of said late postmasters, amount to...... 41 63 1,434 72 2,669 11 271,030 12 $9,424 00 Amount reported due late postmasters, late prior to July 1, 1874: As per last report..... Increase during the fiscal year. Total..... $64,785 35 15,794 03 80,579 38 PAPERS ACCOMPANYING THE Statement of collecting-division-Continued. Amount paid thereon $48,880 31 Amount closed by suspense 9,452 23 Amount remaining duc...... 22,246 84 63,079 01 Accounts of late postmasters for which suit has been brought during the fiscal year. 127,806 33 19,814 17 29,622 79 Amount collected by suit during the fiscal year..... The subjoined tables, numbered from 1 to 51 inclusive, detail the transactions of the Department for the fiscal year. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Hon. MARSHALL JEWELL, exhibit in J. M. MCGREW, Auditor. Postmaster-General. Statement exhibiting quarterly the receipts of the Post-Office Department, under their several heads, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875. |