BUSINESS OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1879. [Summarized from the Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, Dec., 1879.] Whole number of post-offices in operation in the United States..... ....... 40,855 5,659 816,711 Amount of fees on registered matter (in addition to postage).. $459,736 2,996,513 Total cost of free delivery service..... $1,947,707 Receipts of postage on local matter at free delivery offices. 2,812,524 6,372,243 $88,254,641 $13.85 $798,626 $198,908 PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1791-1879. Statement of Outstanding Principal of the Public Debt of the United States on the 1st of January of each Year from 1791 to 1842, inclusive; and on the 1st of July of each Year from 1843 to 1879, inclusive. From the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Finances. 60 AMERICAN ALMANAC FOR 1880. POST-OFFICE BUSINESS BY STATES IN 1879. Table showing Cost of Carrying the Mail and other Postal Expenditures in each State and Territory, with Receipts from Sale of Postage-Stamps and from all other Sources during the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1879. [Condensed from Annual Report of 6th Auditor of the Treasury, Dec., 1879.] From the Financial Review, 1977. COMPOUND INTEREST TABLE. Showing the Accumulation of Principal and Interest on one Dollar, at various rates per Annum, from 3 to 10 per cent., the Interest being compounded semi-annually. No. of Years. 2... 4. 5.. 1.1264 1.1715 1.1948 1.... $1.0302 $1.0404 $1.0455 $1.0506 $1.0609 $1.0712 $1.0743 $1.0816 $1.1025 1.1028 1.1255 1.1475 1.1530 1.1692 1.2155 1.1596 1.1940 1.2292 1.2387 1.2646 1.3400 1.2184 1.2667 1.3168 1.3308 1.2678 1.4773 1.2800 1.3439 1.4105 1.4298 1.4794 1.6287 6... 7 8... 9. 10 $1.1956 $1.2681 $1.3004 $1.3448 $1.4257 $1.5110 $1.5360 $1.6002 $1.7957 1.2317 1.3193 1.3643 1.4129 1.5125 1.6186 1.6502 1.7307 1.9747 1.2689 1.3726 1.4264 1.4845 1.6047 1.7339 1.7729 1.8720 2.1827 1.3073 1.4281 1.4913 1.5596 1.7024 1.8574 1.9047 2.0247 2,4064 1.3463 1.4858 1.5592 1.6385 1.8061 1.9897 2.0462 2.1899 2.6530 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 2.5544 3.0746 21. 22. $1.6103 $1.8843 $2.0365 $2.2027 $2.5749 $3.0067 $3.1461 $3.5062 $4.7645 $1.8686 $2.2970 $2.5415 $2.8196 $3.4605 $4.2412 $4.5026 $5.1900 $7.7574 1.9253 2.3898 2.6572 5.2529 2.9524 3.6712 4.5433 4.8373 5.6136 8.5525 3.8948 4.8669 5.1969 6.0716 9.4292 4.1320 5.2136 5.5832 6.5670 10.3957 5.5849 5.9982 7.1030 11.4612 $5.9827 $6.4441 $7.6826 $12.6359 6.9231 8.3094 13.9311 7.4377 8.9875 15.3591 7.9906 9.7208 16.9334 8.5846 10.5143 18.6691 $2.9211 $4.1621 $4.9543 $5.9144 $5.3996 $11.9011 $13.2000 $16.8367 $33.5249 3.0094 4.3302 5.1798 6.2138 8.9111 12.7620 14.1811 18.2105 36.9612 3.1004 4.5052 5.4146 6.5284 9.4538 13.6709 15.2353 19.6965 40.7497 3.1941 4.6872 5.6610 6.8589 10.0295 14.6446 16.3677 21.3038 44.9266 3.2907 4.8766 5.9288 7.2061 10.6403 15.6877 17.5844 23.0422 49.5316 $3.3901 $5.0736 $6.1986 $7.5709 $11.2883 $16.8050 $18.8915 $24.9224 $54.6086 3.4926 5.2785 6.4807 7.9542 11.9758 18.0020 20.2956 26.9561 60.2059 3.5982 5.4928 6.7756 8.3569 12.7051 19.2842 21.8043 29.1857 66.3771 3.7070 5.7147 7.0840 8.7800 13.8832 20.6577 23.2.50 31.5348 73.1807 3.8191 5.9456 7.4062 9.2245 14.7287 22.1290 25.1663 34.1080 80.6817 $3.9345 $6.1858 $7.7430 $9.6915 $15.6257 $23.7052 $27.0369 $36.8813 $88.9516 4.0432 6.4357 8.0954 10.1822 16.5773 25.3936 29.0466 39.8908 98.0692 4.1655 6.6957 8.4638 10.6967 17.5868 27.2022 31.2057 43.1459 107.1213 4.2914 6.9662 8.8490 11.2383 18.6597 29.1397 33.5253 46.6666 18.1012 4.4211 7.2477 9.2516 11.8072 19.7941 31.2141 36.0154 50.4746 130.2066 $8.4391 $9.2227 $11.3742 $20.5827 9.0402 9.9087 12.3024 22.6924 9.6841 10.6453 13.3062 25.0184 10.3738 11.4366 14.3920 27.5828 7.9174 11.1126 12.2867 15.5664 30.4081 62 AMERICAN ALMANAC FOR 1880. ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM JULY 1, 1860, TO JULY 1, 1879. [Official Statement from the Warrant Division, Treasury Department, Washington.] ANALYSIS OF THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES-(Continued). $ $ $ $ 1860. 201,450 1861. 199,999 64,842,288 1862. 280,195 158,591,390 524,176,412 1863. 473,048 411,767,456 1,119,772,138 4,877,886 59,964,402 31,443,321 1 91 0 11 NOTE. 1.-The annual interest charge is computed upon the amount of outstanding principal at the close of the fiscal year, and is exclusive of interest charge on Pacific Railway bonds. 2.-The statement of population for 1860 and 1870 is by enumeration, and for other years from estimates by E. B. Elliott, of this department. 3.-The slight increase of the interest charge for 1878 is owing to the interest charge on bonds sold for resumption, less the amount saved by refunding at lower rates. 4.The Temporary Loan, per act of July 11, 1862, is included in the 4 per cents from 1862 to 1868, inclu sive, with the exception of the amount outstanding for August 81, 1865, this being the date at which the public debt reached its highest point. This loan bore interest from 4 per cent. to 6 per cent., and was redeemable on ten-days' notice after thirty days, but being constantly changing, it has been considered inore equitable to include the whole amount outstanding as bearing 4 per cent. Interest on an average for the year. NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SHIPPING OF THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 1879. Total.. SUMMARY. Atlantic & Gulf Coasts. Northern Lakes. Western Rivers Total.. 17,042 2,422,813 4,569 1,176,172 1,206 103,738 2,394 466,878 25,211 4,169,601 14,762 1,967,023 2,162 615,040 658 58,963 1,203 203,298 548 44,775 764 159,041 18,346 2,800,067 87 14,595 1,202 270,348 170 42,226 3,087 597,377 1,373 251,016 2,576 501,809 17,042 2,422,813 4,569 1,176,172 1,206 103,738 2,394 466,878 25,211 4,169,601 Number and Tonnage of Vessels built in the United States during the Year ended June 30, 1879. |