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 FINANCE

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These figures show the phenomenal increase of 2,640,000 in the num- ber of money orders issued during the last fiscal year, and an increase of more than $10,000,000 in the total amount of money carried. NUMBER OF POST-OFFICES, EXTENT OF POST-ROUTES, AND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTxMENT, INCLUDING AMOUNTS PAID FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE MAIL, VARIOUS YEARS, 1871 TO 1898 [From the Annual Reports of the Postmaster-General]

Year ending June 80 — Post- offices Extent of Post- routes Revenue of the Depart- ment Expended for Transpor- tation OF — Total Expen- diture of the Department Domestic Mail Foreign Mail 1871 1880 1890 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Xumher 30,045 42,989 62,401 69,805 70,064 70,860 71,022 73,570 Miles 288,859 343,888 427,990 454,746 456,026 468,818 470,032 480,461 Dollars 20,037,045.00 33,815,479.00 60,882,097.00 75,080,479.00 76,983,128.19 82,499,208.40 82,665,462.78 89,012,619.00 Dollars 13,669,585 20,857,802 34,116,24^3 45,375,359 46,336,326 47,993,067 48,028,094 50,444,291 Dollars 975,024.73 199,809.28 563,630.52 1,239,862.58 1,173,561.45 1,530,S(>1.00 1,890,099.19 1,760,091.00 Dollars 24,390,104.00 36,542,801.00 65,930,717.00 84,824,414.00 86,790,172.82 90,626,296.84 94,077,242.38 98,033,524.00

RAILROAD MILEAGE UPON WHICH MAIL WAS CARRIED, ANNUAL CO.ST AND AVERAGE COST PER MILE OF RAILROAD MAIL TRANSPORTA- TION, AND EXPENDITURE FOR RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, VARIOUS YEARS, 1871 TO 1898 [Prepared in the office of the Postmaster-General]

Year end- ing June 30 — Total Railroads in Operation in United States, Dec. 81 Railroads upon which Mail was carried Annual Transpor- tation of Mail by Railroads Railroad Mail Transportation Railway Mail Service Annual Cost of Average Annual Cost per Mile Number of Em- ployees Annual Expendi- ture 1S71 1880 1890 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Miles 60.293 93,296 166,691 179,898 180.912 182.600 184,603 Miles 49,8:34 85.820 154,779 169,768 171,212 172,794 173,475 174,777 Miles 55,557,048 96.497,46:3 215,715,680 204,717,595 267,117,787 268,806,324 273,190,856 281.585,612 Dollars 5.724,979 10,648,986 23,395,232
 * 30,358,190

31,205,342 82,405,797 83,876,521 34,703,847 Dollars .10:30 .1103 .10^ .1146 .1168 .1205 .1240 .1232 1,382 2,946 5,836 6,852 7,045 7,408 7,602 7,999 Dollars 1,441.020 2.^.')0.;)so 5,.')ti2,s44 6,989,449 7,194.220 7.594.877 7.782.r)47 ^^.222, 504

Finance Wealth of the United States The true valuation of all tangible property in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, at the close of the census period, 1890, amounted to $65,037,091,197. In this total no account is taken of property not within the limits of the United States at the period mentioned ; nor is any account taken of 2ii\j form of credit money, or of promissory notes, mortgages, or securities, although such items are frequently subject to ad valorem taxation.