Our Foreign Mails

Washington, Nov. 10.- The annual report of Captain N. M. Brooks, superintendent of forelgn mails, shows that the aggregate weight of the mail dispatched from this country by sea to other countries during the past fisfcal year was 6,286,914 pounds, of which over 4,500,000 pounds were trans-Atlantic. It is pointed out that the postage collected by the government on articles exchangved with foreign countries largely exceeds the gross expense Incurred by the department in connection with that service. The sum of $5,294.756 was received by this country for mail exchanged with other countries. Only 1,516 errors were reported in the distribution of 11,518,373 letters and post cards. The net excess of cost of the contract ocean mail service was $453,386. Action is recommended on the questoins of the extensión of the parcels post system; the reduction of the regist,ration fee to 5 cents and on that of llmited responsibillty for registered articles lost or destroyed in the international mails in transit throughout the United States.