PENSION STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES. List of Pension Agencies, names of Pension Agents, number of Pensioners on the roll of each agency, June 30, 1881, and the amount disbursed for pensions during the From the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Pensions for 1881. Boston....... 8,898 26,029 49,723,147.52 678,685.73 224,705.26 50,626,538.51 268,830 250,802 1,279 $12,676,961.63 $. $521.84 $. 19,291,485.10 6,614,001.63 Average annual pension to each pensioner. During the year 28,740 new names were added to the roll, 1,344 of which had formerly been on the roll, but dropped for various causes. During same period the names of 10,712 pensioners were dropped. The salaries of pension agents under the existing laws are $4,000 per annum, and an extra allowance or perquisite of 15 cents for each pension voucher above 4,000 issued in any year. Out of this, however, pension agents must pay all clerk hire, office ren', postage, and contingent expenses of their offices. BUSINESS OF THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1881. Summarized from the Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, Dec., 1881. Whole number of letters (domestic) mailed during the year (estimated.) ......1,046,107,348 Whole number of letters (foreign) mailed during the year (estimated). Whole number of post-offices in operation in the United States...... Whole number of contractors for transportation of the mails... 43,632,547 44,512 5,156 344,006 Amount of fees on registered matter (in addition to postage). $712,852 3,323,621 Total cost of free delivery service......... $2,499,911 Receipts of postage on local matter at free delivery offices... $3,273,630 PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1791-1881. 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 1881, inclusive. From the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on Finances. POST-OFFICE BUSINESS BY STATES IN 1881, 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, 1881. Condensed from Annual Report of Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, December, 1881. Amount of Paper Money and Fractional Currency Outstanding in the United States at the Close of each Fiscal 96,620,000 53,040,000 297,767,114 3,351,020 20,192,456 31,235,270 431,178,671 780,999 153,471,450 15,000,000 22,894,877 146,137,860 432,687,966 472,603 42,338,710 193,756,080 25,005,829 281,479,908 400,619,206 272,162 3,454,230 159,012,140 27,070,877 298,625,379 371,783,597 208,432 1,123,630 122,394,480 89,879,475 1868. 3,163,771 299,762,855 356,000,000 141,723 555,492 28,307,524 28,161,810 32,626,952 333,452,079 10.19 649,867,283 19.44 0 76.6 833,718,984 24.48 983,318,686 28.29 891,904,685 25.14 826,927,154 22.83 720,412,603 19.48 693,946,057 18.37 700,375,899 18.16 717,875,751 18.14 738,570,904 18.18 0 87.5 750,062,369 17.98 0 86.4 781,490,916 18.23 0 91.0 773,646,729 17.55 0 87.2 34,446,595 10,926,938 749,303,474 16.53 0 89.5 20,403,137 33,185,273 731,379,543 15.68 16,547,769 39,155,633 729,215,503 15.19 15,842,606 39,360,529 734,801,995 14.87 0 86.6 288,769,500 0 38.7 0 70.4 497,798,339 322,649,247 692,256,355 0 66.0 588,657,093 0 71.7 592,906,769 0 70.1 0 73.5 0 85.6 505,009,235 510,050,352 599,521,770 0 89.0 0 94.7 694,375,247 0 99.4 725,083,925 1 00.0 734,801,995 NOTE 1.-The one and two-year notes of 1863, and the compound-interest notes, though having a legal-tender quality for their face-values, were in fact interest-bearing securities, payable at certain times, as stated on the notes. They entered into circulation for but a few days, if at all, and, since maturity, those presented have been converted into other interest-bearing bonds, or paid for in cash, interest included. NOTE 2.-The amount of fractional silver in circulation in 1860, 1861, and 1862, cannot be stated. The amounts stated for 1876, 1877, 1878, and 1879, are the amounts coined and issued since January, 1876. To these amounts should be added the amount of silver previously coined which has come into circulation. |