Number Of Post Offices, Extent Of Post-Routes, And Revenue And Expenditures Of The Post Office Department, Including Amounts Paid For Transportation Of The Mail, 1877, 1887, 1897, And 1903
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Number Of Post Offices, Extent Of Post-Routes, And Revenue And Expenditures Of The Post Office Department, Including Amounts Paid For Transportation Of The Mail, 1877, 1887, 1897, And 1903
Post-offices. | Extent of post-routes. | Revenue of the Department. | Expended for transportation of - | Total expenditure of the Department. | ||
Domestic mail. | Foreign mail. Dollars. | |||||
Miles. | Dollars. | Dollars. | Dollars. | |||
1877....... | 37,345 | 292,820 | 27,531,585 | 18,774,235 | 448,896 | 33,486,322 |
1887....... | 55,157 | 373,142 | 48,837,610 | 27,892,646 | 402,523 | 53.006,194 |
1897....... | 71,022 | 470,032 | 82,665,463 | 48,028,094 | 1.890,099 | 94,077,242 |
1903....... | 74,169 | 506,268 | 134,224,443 | 62,606,015 | 2,580,700 | 138,784,488 |
- From the Annual Reports of the Postmaster-General.
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