Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1869 — Post-Ofice Statisties. [ARTICLE]

Post-Ofice Statisties.

The annual report of the. Postmaster General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, will show the following interesting, facts, prepared by General Terrell, Tlriw Assistant Postmaster General: Thq number of stamps issued zMWgftH fWr was 421,047,469, of which was $1?7,-. f 525)68; the number of stamped envelopes Miftra 4as flbounting to $22,835.88; newspaper wrappers issued. 3,595,155, Amounting :to $71,905; total number of stamps, envelopes and wtopyear endihg June 30 Wdie, $18,844,510.72. ter office during tbo year was M follows: letters, 26,528; fletitim* > ietterhi 43,4 Wf registered letters, -33,672; returned from foreign oouniries, 67/103 ( fartign letters, 178,186; total, 3,952,862. Of the above number 18,227 -ware found to contain money, amounting to $»4,710i9&, in bums of one dollar and upward, at Which number 16,187, containing $82,57990, were delivered to the - ,writers or persons addressed, '...-Ml i-m ( . ms. b r. -1 . ; 1

and 2,040, containing *12,140.05 were filed for reclamation by the owners, or were outstanding. Dead letters are retained for years lor reclamation, and the monpy deposited in the Treasury. The number inclosing sums less than one dollar was l 14,823, containing *8,462.77, of which amount- *3,788.2#' was tMiveredrto the writers, and *674.48 was filed for redamßtion. Amount taken from dead lettws and deposited, in Treasury, *14,585.43;' number of letters containing tank checks, drafts, deeds, letters of exchange, < etc;,, received and recorded, was 16,925; hominal value of same, *311,324.71, of which 15,286, nominal value of which was *278, 911.45, were delivered to owners, and 1,689 were returned or filed for .reclamS-j tion. Of the unmailable letters, 286,307 were detained for postage, not being prepaid as required by laW ; they Wr<? either wholly unpaid, not prepaid, or full ratej or were stamped with illegal or revenue stamps; 70,429 were misdirected, the Postofflcc, gajt of the address bising’’*ohirtted ; 2,678-h»4'no address whatever; 2/57(1 w ere Addressed tq a place where there was no mail service.