No. 28.-Weight of letters and newspapers, &c., sent from the United States to Norway during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878. No. 29 Weight of letters and newspapers, &c., sent from the United States to European countries during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1878. INDEX TO THE REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS. Appointment office, estimates for. operations of.. Appointment of postmasters Appropriations and deficiencies. expenditures for 1878, itemized statement of. for railway mail service inadequate. Argentine Republic admitted to Postal Union Auditor of Treasury for Post-Office Department, report of explanation of discrepancies between his report and that of Belgium, weight of mails to Binding drafts and warrants, estimates for interchange of money-orders with. Classification of mail matter. ...... ........ Contractors, fines and deductions on .................................. Contracts for mail-bags, locks, keys, &c. .... ............ ........................ .......... 66 414 268 for transportation... Depository post-offices, list of.. Discrepancy between reports of Auditor and Second Assistant Postmaster-Gen- eral explained Division of Dead Letters 5 34 .31, 260, 261 34. 414 381 66 251 252 246-249 249-252 251 total number of, issued... Drafts and warrants, estimated cost of printing and binding, for 1880 Envelopes, stamped, history and denomination of.... Estimates of appropriations for 1880, comparison of, with present appropriation. 268 15 256 262 Estimates for appropriation for 1880 for registered-package envelopes, locks, Expenditures and receipts for 1878 Finance, division of ........ and seals Files, records, and mails, division of...... Fines and deductions on contractors... unadjusted indebtedness First Assistant Postmaster-General, estimates of appropriations for office of. report of... Foreign books by mail should be free of duty France, weight of mails to.. Franking privilege, evil results of restoration of. system, necessities of.. statistics of Free matter mailed from Washington, D. C., weight of. weight of mails to.. Great Britain, interchange of money-orders with Italy, interchange of money-orders with. weight of mails to.... Letters, number of, mailed annually in the United States. Liabilities of Post-Office Department.. Page. 267 268 259 -266, 267 259 6, 248 230 19 12, 65 contracts in operation for, Table H. Mail depredations and special agents, estimates for appropriations for Mail-robbers among employés of Post-Office Department Netherlands, weight of mail to... Newfoundland admitted to Postal Union Newspapers and periodicals mailed at 181 first-class offices 415 ....26, 371, 372 46-50 mode of issuing number of, issued for sale to the public Postal cards, estimated cost of, for 1880... .279-286 .25, 374 417 371 .25, 371 ..7, 46-50, 250 .26, 372 .249, 253 249 266 252-256 6 ...279-286 51 64 31 9,59 insufficient appropriation for. Postmaster General, estimates for appropriations in office of.. Publishers, conference of, on postal matters Railway adjustment, proposed superintendent of.... Railway companies, compensation of, as fixed by law.. dissatisfaction of, with 5 per cent. reduction. Railway Mail Commission, errors in reports of...... Railway mail service, accommodations for mails and agents, Table E.. annual miles of.... case examinations in 178-183 236 10, 63 .9, 59, 62 231 63-64 ..8, 31, 58 .178-183 .184-225 designation and description of railway post-office lines, designation and description of route-agent and mail-route employés of, change in classification of, recommended. 11, 65, 231 |