Annual Report of the Postmaster GeneralU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - Postal service |
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... number of miles of transportation , and the cost thereof , at the close of the contract year Table B. Exhibiting , by States , the railroad service in operation June 30 , 1878 , with the cost per mile of annual transportation ... Table ...
... number of miles of transportation , and the cost thereof , at the close of the contract year Table B. Exhibiting , by States , the railroad service in operation June 30 , 1878 , with the cost per mile of annual transportation ... Table ...
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... number of letters and parcels received during the year was 3,186,805 , a daily average of 10,181 , classified as follows : Ordinary mailed letters , 2,039,101 ; local or drop , 385,700 ; foreign , 209,432 ; mailed in the United States ...
... number of letters and parcels received during the year was 3,186,805 , a daily average of 10,181 , classified as follows : Ordinary mailed letters , 2,039,101 ; local or drop , 385,700 ; foreign , 209,432 ; mailed in the United States ...
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... number , description , and cost of all mail - bags and mail - catchers , and of all mail locks and keys purchased under contracts during the year ended June 30th last . The total number of mail - bags procured and put into service was ...
... number , description , and cost of all mail - bags and mail - catchers , and of all mail locks and keys purchased under contracts during the year ended June 30th last . The total number of mail - bags procured and put into service was ...
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... number of persons arrested during the year was 554 , of whom 442 were prosecuted in United States courts and 132 , being cases of highway mail robberies , burglaries of post - offices , & c . , in the State courts . Of the former , 205 ...
... number of persons arrested during the year was 554 , of whom 442 were prosecuted in United States courts and 132 , being cases of highway mail robberies , burglaries of post - offices , & c . , in the State courts . Of the former , 205 ...
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... Number of post - offices established during the year . Number discontinued .... Increase ... Number in operation June 30 , 1877 . Number in operation June 30 , 1878 . 2,784 871 1,913 37,345 39 , 258 Number filled by appointments of the ...
... Number of post - offices established during the year . Number discontinued .... Increase ... Number in operation June 30 , 1877 . Number in operation June 30 , 1878 . 2,784 871 1,913 37,345 39 , 258 Number filled by appointments of the ...
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00 July 30th of June account of railway administrations agent Post-Office Department Albany amount paid Annual pay appropriation April Assistant Postmaster-General Atchison Auditor Baltimore Boston Branch bureau d'échange Burlington cars cent centimes Chicago Cincinnati Colonies Columbus Corporate title correspondence cost decrease dépêches East Saint Louis ended June 30 expenses fiscal year ended increase Indianapolis Iowa Junction June 30 Kans Kansas City l'Union Lake letters mail-bags mail-route messenger service main route ment Milwaukee money-order National Bank North Number of route objets Ohio Pacific Pay estimated pay per mile Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburgh Port portion of route Portland Post postage-stamps postal cards Postmaster Quarter ended railway mail service rates Reserve revenue River round trips Saint Albans Saint Joseph Saint Louis Saint Paul Southern Special agent Post-Office Springfield stamped envelopes telegraphing termini Terre Haute Texas tion title of company Total transportation Treasury trips per week Valley Washington York