Annual Reports Of The Post Office Department

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Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898: Report of the Postmaster-General; Miscellaneous Reports Division of Appointments, 835; appointment of postmasters, 835; establishment and discontinuance of post-emcee, 837; deaths and resignations of postmasters, 837; changes in names and sites, 837; complaints against postmasters, 838; operations of appointment division, 838; post-emcee established, discontinued, advanced to Residential grade, relegated to fourth class, total number of offices, 838; appoint ments during the year, 838; establishments, discontinuances, and changes of names and sites, 838. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department, for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1900: Report of the Postmaster-General, Miscellaneous Reports Transactions for the fiscal year, 168; general receipts. 168; general expenditures, 168; gross receipts and disbursements, 169; net earnings, incidental expenses, 170; assets and liabilities, 171; assets - resources, 171; liabilities - obligations, 171; comparison of business during last two years, 171; Operations in detail, 172; offices in operation, established, discontinued, etc., 173; account with subtreasuries at New York and Chicago, 173; war tax on domestic orders, 174; transfers, 175; reserves, 175; bills of exchange, 176; drafts on New York, 177; duplicate money orders, 177; improper pay ment of money orders, 178; losses from bad debts and casualties, 178; uncollected judgments, pending suits, 179; aggregate transactions - unclaimed orders and postal notes, 180; deposit of funds corresponding with amounts of unclaimed orders, 180; unclaimed money orders, 181; unclaimed postal notes, 181; international business, 181; repayment of international orders, 182; duplicate international orders, 182; Mex ico and Russia, 183; pending conventions, 183; extension of intermediary service, 183; South African business suspended, 183; Paris Exposition, 183; new exchange office for Japan, 183; business with the new possessions and Cuba, 183; Cuba, 183; Hawaii, 184; Porto Rico, 184; the Philippines, 184; China, 185; transfer of funds to New York, 185; revenue - is the system profitable, 185; reduction of fees recommended, 187; improved service, 187 new form, 187; night service, 187; orders to be issued but not paid at stations, 187 labor-saving machines, 188. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Post-Office Department: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1901; Report of the Postmaster-General, Miscellaneous Reports Division of bonds and commission, 907; bonds, 907; sureties on bonds, 908; records of the division, 909; reports, 909; commissions, 910; report showing amount and character of work done in bond division during fiscal year ended June 30, 1901, 911. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.