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June 30, 1884.

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Year ended

the official stamps and stamped envelopes for the Post-Office Department do not appear in the statements of postal revenue.

The subjoined table will show the value of all the official stamps and stamped envelopes issued for each of the several Executive Depart ments from 1873 to 1884, inclusive, with the revenue derived therefrom. The issue of the stamps and envelopes was begun on the 24th of May, 1873, in anticipation of their use on the 1st of July following. The stamps issued during May and June, 1873, are included in the revenue for 1874, for which latter year the appropriations were first made. The revenue shown in the table represents the value of the stamps issued for the years respectively in which they were issued, without regard to the particular time at which payment was made for them by the seve ral Departments, as shown in the reports of the Auditor. The latter credits the amounts to the year in which they were paid, while the table shows the amounts properly chargeable to the service of each year, as appearing on the books of this office:

Official postage-stamps and stamped envelopes issued to Executive Departments, with revenue derived therefrom.

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June 30, 1874.

June 30, 1875.

5,124 00

June 30, 1876.

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June 30, 1877.

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June 30, 1878.

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June 30, 1879.

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June 30, 1880.

1,500 00

June 30, 1881.

162 00 1,540 00

June 30, 1882.

June 30, 1883

00 765, 953 00 790, 599 50

$656,095 50
778, 171 10
704, 044 25

$1, 769, 301 86

1, 189, 492 43
1,092, 946 43
370, 373 11
314,476 60
389,967 60
154, 823 48

141,932 82

169, 298 25

$656,095 50 778, 171 10 704, 044 25

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25, 470 00 86, 799 55 2, 536, 552 50 2, 138, 310 85 5, 911, 298 24 2, 138, 310 85

$8,049, 609 09

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The amount shown as revenue, $5,911,298.24, is subject to a reduction of $79,838.02 on account of stamps and stamped envelopes returned for exchange for other denominations, leaving the net amount realized $5,831,460.22. The method of conducting the exchanges was to credit the value of the stamps that were returned as unsuitable, in stating the account to the Auditor for supplies furuished upon the next requisition in the case of any particular Department of the Government. Thus the net amount realized was less than the value of the stamps furnished upon the requisition. The stamps that had been returned were carefully counted by and destroyed under the supervision of a committee, and the facts were duly certified. The amount credited to the postal revenue was $5,831,460.22; the amount returned for redemption by the other Departments and not in the postal revenue was $79,838.02; and the amount issued for use of the Post-Office Department, and also not credited to the postal revenue, was $2,138,310.85, making the total amount issued during the whole period $8,049,609.09.

The use of official stamps and stamped envelopes was wholly discontinued by this Department, and substantially so by the other Departments, on the 30th of June, 1879, under the act authorizing the use of official penalty envelopes.

It will be observed that the official stamps constituted an important element in the receipts of the Department during a portion of the time they were in existence. Under the changing conditions governing their use during the whole time, the amounts afford no criterion of the service they may be supposed to represent. This service did not vary greatly in quantity from year to year, the only change being in the direction of an increase, while, at the same time, the revenue from official stamps is shown to have been mainly on a descending scale.

GROSS RECEIPTS OF POSTAL SERVICE.

The annexed table will show the gross receipts of the postal service, the receipts from official postage-stamps and stamped envelopes, the profits of the money order system, and the net ordinary postal receipts, by annual periods from July 1, 1869, to June 30, 1885, with the amounts and rates of increase or decrease separately in the gross receipts and in the net ordinary postal revenue for each year, as compared to the immediately preceding year. The fluctuations in the rates between the gross receipts and the ordinary postal revenue are especially noticeable.

TABLE A.-Showing gross receipts and net ordinary postal revenues from July 1, 1869, to June 30. 1885, with amounts and ratios of increase.

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$892, 843 00 $18, 879, 377 65

1.3+$1, 157, 667 77 6 1+

1, 434, 983 32 7.1+ 1, 456, 128 83 6.7+ 1, 678, 414 27 7.3+

20, 037, 045 42 $264, 824 77 443, 397 63 21, 472, 028 74 1, 878, 380 95 9.3+ 68, 584 0022, 928, 157 57 1, 081, 315 20 4.9+ 105, 198 12 24, 606, 571 84 3,474, 330 25 15. 1+ 120, 142 09 25, 660, 173 07 320.288 77 1.2+1, 053, 601 23 4.1+ 190, 770 84 27, 172, 037 23 1, 852, 836 91 6.9+ 1, 511, 864 16 5.8+ 172, 409 85 26, 988, 444 94 *1, 112, 612 24 *3. 8+ *183, 592 29 0.6+ 209, 647 89 28, 762, 945 16, 1, 745, 931 69 6.3+ 1,774, 500 22 6.5+ 219, 226 83 29, 434, 648 43] 269, 205 25 32, 934, 739 37 295, 581 39 36, 350, 958 62 360, 767 35 41, 349, 488 32 411, 619 37 44, 951, 929 13 507, 323 81 42, 664, 364 74 408, 933 30 42, 151, 910 53

671.703 27 2.3+ 3, 500, 090 91 11.8+

764, 465 91 2.6+ 3, 273, 496 48 10. 8+ 3, 469, 918 63 10. 43, 416, 219 25 10.3+ 5, 091, 012 18 13. 8+ 4, 998, 529 70 13. 743, 632, 282 46 8.6+ 3, 602, 440 81 8.7+ *2, 182, 733 0 *4. 7+ *2, 287, 564 39*5.0+ *765, 114 98*1.7+ *512, 454 21*1.2+ 23, 272, 532 88

Total 496, 851, 931 70 5,831, 460 22 4, 675, 650 72 486, 344, 820 76 22, 788, 623 18

*Decrease.

ORDINARY POSTAL REVENUE.

The receipts from official postage-stamps and stamped envelopes and the profits from the money-order system having been excluded, the following table will be useful in showing the amount of ordinary postal revenue collected in each quarter, and the proportion of such amount to the total amount for the entire year, with the amount and rate of increase, by fiscal years, from July 1, 1869, to June 30, 1885, viz:

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TABLE B.-Table showing the ordinary postal revenue (exclusive of official stamps and money-order receipts), by quarterly and annual periods, from July 1, 1869, to June 30, 1885, with the proportion of revenue in each quarter to the revenue for the entire year, and the increase for each year over the immediately preceding year.

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Quarter ended September 30.

Quarter ended December 31.

Quarter ended March 31. Quarter ended June 30.

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1873

5,426, 134 70

23. 6

5,647, 185 65

24.6

5,972, 733 59

26.0

5, 882, 103 63

25.6

22,928, 157 57

1,456, 128 83

6.7

1874

6, 047, 508 89

24.5

5, 998, 103 02

24.3

6,428, 191 62

26. 1

6, 132, 768 31

24.9

24, 606, 571 84

1,678, 414 27

7.3

1875

6, 118, 046 55

23.8

6, 463, 295 73

25. 1

6, 657, 347 67

25.9

6, 421, 483 12

25.0

25, 660, 173 07

1,053, 601 23

4.1

1876

6, 431, 424 89

23.6

6,868, 495 70

25.2

7, 163, 140 85

26. 3

6,708, 975 79

24.6

27, 172, 037 23

1, 511, 864 16

5.8

1877

6, 539, 171 38

24.2

6, 634, 431 10

24.5

7,088, 664 13

26. 1

6,726, 178 33

24.9

1878

6, 693, 093 15

23.2

7,321, 470 70

25.4

7,525, 942 02

26. 1

7,222, 439 29

25.0

1879

6,863, 107 39

23. 3

7,348, 184 05

24.9

7,803, 989 89

26.5

7,419, 367 10

25.2

1880

7,563, 315 55

22.9

8, 324, 434 43

25. 2

8,809, 923 51

26.7

8, 237, 065 88

25.0

1881

8,351, 587 76

22.9

9,086, 906 05

24.9

9, 420, 498 35

25.9

9,491, 966 46

26. 1

1882

9, 450, 556 95

22.8

10, 577, 562 25

25.5

10, 956, 235 80

26.4

10, 365, 133 32

25.0

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1883

10, 510, 527 60

23.3

11, 438, 815 78

25.4

11, 887, 380 51

26.4

11, 115, 205 24

24.7

44, 951, 929 13

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10. 523, 006 45 9, 974, 210 09

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Total.

114,636,461 04

23.57

122,742,297 44

25. 23

10,808, 861 31 10,983, 648 34 127,379,793 72

25. 3

10, 201, 294 38

23.9

42, 664, 364 74

26.0

10,472, 848 21

24.8

42, 151, 910 53

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26. 19

121,586,268 56

25.00 486, 344, 820 76

23, 272, 532 88

* Decrease.

As will be observed in the footings of the table, taking the sixteen years from July 1, 1869, to June 30, 1885, as a whole, 23.57 per cent. of the ordinary postal revenue was collected in the quarter ended September 30; 25.23 per cent. in the quarter ended December 31; 26.19 per cent. in the quarter ended March 31; and 25 per cent. in the quarter ended June 30. The revenue for the year ended June 30, 1885, exhibits an increase over the revenue for the year ended June 30, 1870, of $23,272,532.88, or 123.2 per cent. In pursuing the comparisons of the postal revenue, it will be proper to show the increase or decrease at the larger and the smaller offices separately. The ordinary receipts, by quarters, since July 1, 1875, have been obtained from the books of the Auditor's office at 30 of the larger post offices in the country, collecting nearly 40 per cent. of the entire postal revenue. From these figures and the foregoing table, the following supplemental tables have been prepared, viz:

TABLE C.-Table showing the ordinary postal revenue (exclusive of official postage-stamps and net money-order receipts) collected at thirty of the larger post-offices, by quarterly and annual periods, from July 1, 1875, to June 30, 1885, with the proportion of revenue in each quarter to the revenue at such offices for the entire year, and the increase for each year over the immediately preceding year.

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TABLE D.-Table showing the ordinary postal revenue (exclusive of official postage-stamps and net money-order receipts), collected at all other than the thirty large post-offices in the foregoing, by quarters and annual periods, from July 1, 1875, to June 30, 1885, with the proportion of the revenue in each quarter to the revenue at all such offices for the entire year, and the increase or decrease for each year over the immediately preceding year.

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