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GENERAL POST OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. BARRY, of Kentucky, Postmaster General, $6,000 per annum.

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CHARLES K. GARDNER, assistant P. M. General, (1st Division) $2,500
SELAH R. HOBBIE, assistant P. M General, (2d Division.)
OBADIAH B. BROWN, Treasurer and Chief Clerk, (3d Division.) 1,700
P. S. LOUGH BOROUGH, General Agent.......

....................1,600 This department is under the superintendence of a Postmaster General, who is aided in the discharge of his duties by two assistants, appointed by himself. He has the sole appointment of all Postmasters throughout the United States, the making of all contracts for carrying the mails, and, in brief, the control, according to law, of every thing relating to the institution. The revenue arising from the General Post Office has, for the most part, been expended upon the extension and improvement of the establishment, by which means the accomodation of the mail for the conveyance of letters, newspapers, pamphlets, &c. has, in a most extraordinary degree, been extended to the inhabitants of every part of the Union, even to the most remote territorial settlements, as will be shown by the following statement of the Postage accruing in each State and Territory, for the year ending March 31, 1833: Maine......$40,924 53 Maryland.. 81,577 73 Arkansas.... 3,733 11 New Hamp.. 21,329 71 Dist. Col.... 15,731 71 Tennessee.. 41,402 33 Vermont..... 22,635 56 Virginia....109,990 16 Kentucky... 49,511 44 Mass........154,444 45 North Car.. 35,722 53 Ohio........ 86,171 84 R. Island... 17,686 44 South Car.. 58,004 34 Michigan..... 9,615 72 Conn........ 48,341 39 Georgia..... 75,420 07 Indiana..... 18,146 48 N. York....400,694 05 Florida..... 7,306 45 Illinois...... 12,350 88 N. Jersey... 30,365 07 Alabama.... 37,682 58 Missouri..... 17,648 52 Penn...... .....229,305 28 Mississippi... 22,430 93

Delaware... 6,390 98 Louisiana... 46,718 43 Total....$1,701,332 71

Besides this, it is estimated that the correspondence passing through the Post Office establishment, for the Departments of State, Treasury, War, and Navy, is equal to 2,685,235 single free letters in a year; and that the number of free letters under the franks of members of Congress, amounts to eight thousand a day, during the session.

THE SOUTHERN DIVISION

Comprises the States of Virginia, (with the District of Columbia,) North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida Territory, which constitute the Southern Section; Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkausas Territory, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, and the Territory called Wisconsin, which constitute the Southwestern Section.

The duties of this division comprehend the details of the business of mail transportation in said States and Territories; the appointments of, and instructions to Postmasters, and the establishment and discontinuance of Post Offices

The superintendence of this division, under the direction of the Post

master Generai, is assigned to the Assistant Postmaster General, CHARLES K. GARDNER.

There are in this division the following clerks:

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George L. Douglass, (principal clerk,) corresponding clerk on mail transportation for the southern section... .................................$1200 00 William H. Dundas, corresponding clerk on mail transportation for the southwestern section........ John Marron, corresponding clerk on Post Offices, and instructions to Postmasters for the southern section.............................. 1000 00 Benjamin E. Payne, corresponding clerk on Post Offices, and in

structions to Postmasters for the southwestern section. ................ W. D. Addison, register of fines, and attends to the correspondence relating to failures of the mail, and to miscellaneous duties.....

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......... ............................................ 1000 00 F. G. Blackford, route book clerk...... ......... 1000 00 C. S. Williams, keeps the appointment books, books of changes, and register of Postmasters in this division, and fills up letters of appointment. R. A. Lacey, examines bonds, and returns them for correction; and issues commissions to Postmasters.......... A. H. Mecklin, contract clerk............................................................................ C. R. Ramsay, letter book clerk, southern section. Jacob Broom, letter book clerk, southwestern section.....

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THE NORTHERN DIVISION

Is composed of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York, constituting the Northeastern Section, and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, and the Territory of Michigan, forming the Middle Section. The duties of this division comprehend the details of the business of mail transportation; of appointing and instructing Postmasters, and establishing and discontinuing Post Offices, in said States and Territory.

The superintendence of this division, under the direction of the Postmaster General, is assigned to S. R. HOBBIE, Assistant Postmaster General.

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There are in this division the following clerks: Arthur Nelson, (principal clerk,) corresponding clerk on mail transportation for the northeastern section..... John A. Webber, corresponding clerk on Post Offices and instructions to Postmasters for the northeastern section........ 1000 00 Eben L. Childs, corresponding clerk on mail transportation for the middle section.... ........ 1000 00 George Plitt, corresponding clerk on Post Offices and instructions to Postmasters for the middle section......... Thomas B Addison, contract clerk

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Allan McCrae, keeps the appointment books, and register of
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Frederick Baldwin, fills up letters of appointment, examines bonds, and returns them for correction, and issues commissions to Postmasters......................................

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James H. Marr, letter book clerk, northeastern section...................
Lewis Welsh, letter book clerk, middle section...........
Lansing Tooker, temporary clerk, and miscellaneous duties.... 800 00

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Auxiliary to the foregoing divisions, the following duties are performed: The office of Mail Depredations is charged with the superintendence of the safety of the mails throughout the United States, the investigation of all losses and violations of letters, the instruction of, and correspondence with special agents, in regard to their duties, and the conducting of prosecutions for mail robberies. In this office are employed:

P. S. LOUGHBOROUGH, General Agent.................................................... 1600 00 W. B. Ferguson, Clerk......................

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There are also employed, in aid of both divisions: Joseph Carter, who registers checks, and aids the senior assistant in the performance of incidental duties................................... C. H. W. Wharton, to distribute locks, keys, and blanks, and to prepare the correspondence relating thereto................

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DIVISION OF FINANCE.

OBADIAH B. BROWN, treasurer and chief clerk:-is charged with the general supervision, under the direction of the Postmaster General, of the duties performed in the offices of this division; and particularly with the cash receipts, and disbursements. He is also agent for paying the contingent expenses of the department. As chief clerk, he is charged with keeping the official orders of the Postmaster General, filing applications, and other miscellaneous business....

TREASURER'S OFFICE.

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Nicholas Tastet, (bank accountant ;) keeps the cash book and bank ledger, and makes monthly and quarterly exhibits of the cash received, and disbursed................................................................................................... 1200 00 Edmund F. Brown, has charge, under the direction of the treasurer, of the accounts of all "depositing Postmasters;" and of paying all accounts for incidental and contingent expenses of the department; keeps the official orders of the Postmaster General; files applications, and attends to other miscellaneous business ............ Grafton D. Hanson, records letters of the Postmaster General, the treasurer, solicitor, and principal pay clerk Thomas A. Scott, prepares statements of accounts, and other special documents, required by the treasurer.... ........................................ John Thaw, corresponds with depositing Postmasters, makes statements of their accounts, and attends to other duties required by the treasurer. .....

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James Coolidge, 4th............do.....................................................................................
John P. Wheeler, assistant...........do.......................................................................................

The Book Keepers are charged with the accounts of upwards of 10,500 Postmasters, and 1,500 Contractors.

SOLICITOR'S OFFICE.

Joseph W. Hand, solicitor.......

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John G Whitwell, assists the solicitor in his correspondence,
and in preparing and transmitting statements of accounts.... 1000 00
Presley Simpson........
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Walter H. Middleton......... James G. Bryce, copies statements of accounts................ ............** The Solicitor is charged with the final settlement of all accounts, commencement of suits, correspondence with United States disrict attorneys, late Postmasters, &c.

PAY OFFICE.

John Suter, principal pay clerk, and agent for salaries........ 1400 00 Lewis H France......

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The Pay Clerks examine the accounts of all mail contractors, ascertain their dues, prepare drafts in their favor on Postmasters, keep the pay books, transmit pay to contractors, and correspond with them on that subject.

EXAMINER'S OFFICE.

William G. Eliol, chief examiner....................................
Lemuel J. Middlelon, records errors detected by the examiners
in Postmasters accounts, and sends statements of the same
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William French, keeps account of letters on hand at each Post
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David Koones, examiner of Postmasters accounts.... . .
Wm. J. Bronaugh.........do......................................do...................................................... 1000 00
John H. Waggaman......do........................................do..................................................
J. A. M. Duncanson....do.....................................do.... .........
John Evans...............do.. ...........do...................................
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William Henry, examiner of Postmasters accounts...........
John Barcroft.............do........................................do........
Robert S. Wharton....................do...................................do....................................................
James Lawrenson........................do......................................do........................................
George B. Whiting....................do........................................do......................................................
John Cromwell................................do................do..................................................
In the Examiner's Office, all accounts of Postmasters are opened, ex-
amined and corrected; errors are recorded, and Postmasters advised of
the same.

REGISTER'S OFFICE.

David Saunders, chief register.............

James H. Doughty..

John McLeod....

Josiah F. Caldwell..

Thomas Arbuckle....

Register Postmasters accounts in
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Samuel Fitzhugh, copies the accounts current made by the re-
gister, and makes abstracts for the treasury..................................
William C. Lipscomb, compares and files vouchers, &c........
Alexander H. Fitzhugh..

Edward Lehmanowsky...

In the Register's Office, all accounts with them are prepared for the Treasury, with a general quarterly account current.

DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

Michael T. Simpson, superintendent.........................

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Matthias Ross, assists in registering, and sending out letters of

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.................................. 1000 00 Estwick Evans, compares dead letters with post bills.................... 900 00 In the Dead Letter Office, all dead letters are opened, and such as contain money, or valuable papers, are registered and sent to the writers. Wore than half a million of dead letters are returned every year.

AGENTS.

David H. Burr, topographical engineer...............................................................
Henry Johnson, dead letter office...

Chester Bailey,............................do................................................................

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