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The number of quarterly returns of postmasters received and au dited, on which the above sum was found due the United States, was

For the quarter ended September 30, 1885.....
For the quarter ended December 31, 1885
For the quarter ended March 31, 1886

For the quarter ended June 30, 1886 ....

Total...........

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53, 600

54, 840

54,373

51,175

216, 988

STAMPS SOLD.

The amount of stamps, stamped envelopes, and wrappers, newspaper and periodical stamps, and postal cards sold was

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The amount of postage paid in money was.

Included in the above amount are the following sums paid by foreign

$60,004 80

countries in the adjustment of their accounts:

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.......

Dominion of Canada...

$24,663 12

16,095 95

Republic of Honduras..

United States of Colombia.

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988 92

1,284 20
2,745 36
615

113 76

8,689 57

161 55 405 73

Postal administration of Newfoundland..
Postal administration of Jamaica...
Postal administration of Costa Rica..

49 18

32 88

1 29

2,730 31

192 23

11 13

18 18

116 29

19 24

181 60

644 91

122 22

59,273 77

731 (3

Balance collected by postmasters.....

The following balances were paid and charged to the appropriation

for balances due foreign countries:

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The amount charged to "transportation accrued" and placed to the credit of mail contractors and others for mail transportation during the fiscal year was :

For the regular supply of mail routes....
For the supply of "special" offices.

For the supply of "mail messenger" offices
For the salaries of railway postal clerks

For the salaries and expenses of the superintendents of the railway
mail service....

Total

$23, 393, 380 81 45,301 29 839, 62 73 4, 482,624 21

45,046 42

28,806, 218 51

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PACIFIC RAILROADS SERVICE.

Included in the above amount of "transportation accrued" are the following balances for the transportation of the mails over Pacific railroads which have been certified to the Register of the Treasury. The amount is not charged to the appropriation for "inland transportation railroads," and is not, therefore, included in the total of transportation paid.

Regular service, 1886:

Union Pacific Railway Company (old U.P. R. R. line), aided. $385,040 59
Union Pacific Railway Company (old Kaus. Pac. line),
aided portion...

Lines operated, leased, or controlled by U. P. R. W. Co.,
non-aided

Central Pacific Railroad Company, aided portion..
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, aided portion.
Lines operated, leased, or controlled by S. C. & P. R. R.Co.,
non-aided

Use of postal cars, 1836:

68, 538 41

279,916 10
260,616 76
12, 454 20

908 90

$1,008,474 96

Lines operated, leased, or controlled by U. P. R. W. Co., non-aided...

Union Pacific Railway Company (old U.P.R.R.line), aided. Union Pacific Railway Company (old Kans. Pac. line), aided portion

59,394 48

3,371 34

2,425 49

Central Pacific Railroad Company, aided
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, aided.
Lines operated, leased, or controlled by S. C. & P. R. R. Co.,
non-aided

Regular service, previous years:

Union Pacific Railway Company (old U.P.R.R.line), aided. Lines operated, leased, or controlled by U. P. R. W. Co., non-aided

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Total Pacific railroads service not paid.....

1, 116, 119 01

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF ACCOUNTS OF LATE POSTMASTERS.

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Amount of interest and costs collected in suits against late postmasters and sureties on postal accounts....

2,571 33

The tables accompanying this report, numbered as follows, show in detail the transactions of the fiscal year:

No. 1.-Statement exhibiting quarterly the receipts of the Post-Ofice Department, under their several heads, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1856.

No. 2.-Statement exhibiting quarterly the expenditures of the Post-Office Department, under their several heads, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 186.

No. 3.-Statement by States of the postal receipts and expenditures of the United States.

No. 4.-Statement showing the condition of the account, with each item of the ap propriation for the service of the Post-Office Department, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 5.-Statement in detail of miscellaneous payments made by the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, and charged to "Miscellaneous items, Office of the Postmaster-General."

No. 6.-Statement in detail of miscellaneous payments made by the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, and charged to "Miscellaneous expenses, Office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General."

No. 7.-Statement in detail of miscellaneous payments made by the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, and charged to “Miscellaneous items, Second Assistant Postmaster-General."

No. 8.-Statement in detail of miscellaneous payments made by the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886, and charged to “Miscellaneous items, Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster-General."

No. 9.-Comparative statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department from July 1, 1836, to June 30, 1886.

No. 10.-Gross receipts, expenses, and net revenue of Presidential post-offices for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 11.-Statement showing the transactions of the money-order offices of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 12.-Statement showing the number and amount of international money orders issued, paid, and repaid, and fees collected during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886. No. 13.-Statement showing the receipts and disbursements of the money-order offices of the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 14.-Statement showing the transfers to and from the money-order account during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 15.-Statement showing the money-order transactions with the Assistant United States Treasurer at New York, N. Y., during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896.

No. 16.-Statement showing the revenue which accrued on money-order and postalnote transactions for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 17.-Recapitulation of net revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 18-5.
No. 18.-Statement of assets and liabilities, June 30, 1836.

No. 19.-Statement showing the principal international money-order transactions during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 20.-Statement showing date to which postal accounts with foreign countries have been adjusted, and the balances due respectively to the United States and to foreign countries in settlements made during the fiscal ended June 30, 1××3.

No. 21.-Weight of letters, newspapers, &c., sent from the United States to European countries during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

No. 22.-Weight of letters, newspapers, &c., sent by sea from the United States to countries and colonies other than European, of the Universal Postal Union, during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1886.

Very respectfully,

Hon. WILLIAM F. VILAS,

Postmaster-General.

D. MCCONVILLE,

Auditor.

INDEX.

Page.

Academy, Military, report of the Board of Visitors to the

Naval, report of the Board of Visitors to the

statement of the Secretary of the Navy concerning

Adjutant-General, reports of the, remarks of the Secretary of War concern-
ing the

Admiral of the Navy, report of the.

Agriculture, Department of, remarks of President Cleveland concerning the.
Alabama judgments....

Alaska, survey of, remarks of President Cleveland concerning the......
Almanac, Nautical, remarks of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation on the.
American ship-building, remarks of President Cleveland concerning..
Annual Message of the President to Congress
Apprentices to the Naval Academy

Architect of the Capitol, report of the..

remarks of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior concerning the.

344

statement of the Secretary of War concerning.

216

401

374

217, 255

386

36, 37

193

424

23

3

375, 435

647

518

Arming and equipping of the militia, remarks of the Secretary of War con-
cerning...

233

Armament of fortifications

331

suggestion of the Secretary of War concerning the.

Artillery schools

Army building, New York, remarks of the Secretary of War concerning
Army, report of the Lieutenant-General of the

Artificial limbs and appliances for soldiers

Assets and liabilities of the Treasury statement of
Asylum, Naval, Philadelphia, Pa..

Atkins, J. D. C., Commissioner of Indian Affairs, report of.
Auditor of the Treasury, report of the First..

Second.
Third....

221

246

213

318

213, 252

81-90

417

536

175

185

186

Fourth.....

189

Fifth

191

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Bartlett, Commander J. R., Superintendent of Hydrographic Office, report of. 381,423
Baxter, J. H., Acting Surgeon-General, Army, report of .

315

Bell, Nicholas M., Superintendent of Foreign Mails, report of

836

Benét, Brigadier-General Stephen V., Chief of Ordnance, Army, report of...

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Bonds, redemption of, remarks of President Cleveland concerning the.

statement of the Secretary of Treasury concerning the.

3 per cent., statement of the Comptroller of the Currency concerning.

Bonnett, Peter, chief of Revenue Marine division, report of.

Boys training for seamen

Bridges over navigable rivers, remarks of the Secretary of War concerning.

19

63

151

198

375

231

855

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