parts of railroads over which no railway post-offices run, in operation, &c.—Continued. Number of round trips per week. Pounds. Ft. In. Supplied by initial and terminl offices. Connects at Yankton, Supplied by initial and terminal offices. Connects at Rochester, Minn., with Winona and Tracy, Minn., R. P. O., and at Zumbrota, Minn., with Wabasha and Zumbrota, Minn., R. P. O. TABLE CC.-Statement of mail service performed in closed pouches upon railroads and parts of railroads over which no railway post offices run, in operation, &c.-Continued. TABLE Dd.-Comparative statement of the railway mail service, 1830 to 1885. This column is taken from Poor's Manual, and is made up at the end of the calendar year. The other columns represent the state of the service at the close of each fiscal year. The cost of the service is taken from the reports of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General. TABLE E.-Statement of mail distributed en route on the cars by railway postal clerks dur ing the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885. Whole number of pieces of mail handled during fiscal year ended June 30, 1885.. Increase.. 4,948, 059, 400 4, 519, 661, 900 428,397, 500 Percentage of increase, 1885 over 1884, 9.48-. Percentage of increase, 1884 over 1883, 13.52. Packages, pouches, and cases of registered matter handled in 1885... Decrease Percentage of decrease, 1885 from 1884, 2.47+. 16, 614, 177 17, 035, 426 421,249 TABLE F-Statement of errors made by the railway postal clerks during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885. Errors checked. Whole number of letters and pieces of other mail |
