Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1893 — THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT. [ARTICLE]

THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Tha Postmaster General's Annual Report. V7.-J-.p * *W ‘ , The Postmaster-general In his financial statement issued, Tuesday, shows that the deficiency for the year’ ended June 30. 1893, was 35,177,171, instead of 81,552,423. as estimated by Mr. Wanamaker; and that Instead of a surplus of 3872.245 for the current fiscal year, as estimated by Mr. Wanamaker, there will bean estimated deficiency of 87,830,473. The Postmas-ter-general estimates the grass revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30,1395. at 884,427,748, and the gross estimated expenditures at 800.309,485, leaving an estimated deficiency of 85,971,736, which, however, wil! be decreased 81.259,003 from the fund taken from the unpaid money order accounts. The experiment of free delivery fa towns,ranging from ‘.03 to 4,0 0 has not been satisfactory. Tha appropriation of 81O.< 0) for a trial of rural free delivery proved inadequate and the Dian i«-disap-proved. On June 30. 1893, there were 68, 403 postofiices fa the United States, an increase of 1.284 over the previous year. There are 3.370 Presidential postutfices, an increase of 163 offices.