Department Reports

The following información of the operations of the I'ostoffice Department, in addition to that hithorto published, vcill be f ound intereèting : The revenues of the department for the year were $24,596,569, aiid the exponditures f all kinds 32,126,415,- au increase of revenue over tho previous year of $1,674,411, and of expenditure of .f3,041,469. Including the appropriations by Cougrese for the transportation of public mailu, the deücienoy in the revenuea of the department were $5,259,934, againet $5,265,475 in the previous year. _ The estimates for the year anding June 30, 1876 are $36,964,031, and the estimated revenue at $29,148,156. leaving a aeücieucy of $7,815 378. Tuis does uot include the revenue for' carrying the goverument mails, amounting to $2.000,000. Tne increasa in the issue of ordmary pOBta"e stamps waB 3.57 per cent.; of atamped onvelopes, plain, 11.92 per cent.; of stamped mwolnnna. reouest. 12.21 per ceut.; of paper wrappera, 56 6 per cent.; of postal cards, 192.91 percent.- an average incre&se of 8. 17 percent. . The number oí dead letters received waB 4 601 773 representing a nomiual or actual Valué of' 4,637,420.00. Number of lettere delivered, 1,392,224, representing $3,909,868 46 number which, containing circulara, or iailiuc in delivery aud being worthleaa, were destroyed, 2,622,619. The number of applications for dead . lettera was 6,420. In 2,140 of these caaes the letters wore fouud and properly delivered. On June 30, 1874, the postal service consisted of 69,734 miles of railroada ; annual transportaron, 72,460,545 miles ; animal cost, $9,118,190, or 12.58 cents per mile. The anuual transportation on steamboata cost over 26J cent a mile, and on all other routes at about lli cents per mile. During the year 285 persanB were arrested for violation of the postal law and regulations. Of these 99 have been convicted, 15 have been acquitted, 5 escaped before trial, 2 forfeited bail, proseention was abaudoned in 38 cases, and 136 are awaiting trial. The foreign mail servico haa been increased to four mails per week. The International Postal Congreas that met at Berne in September 1874, end(d in a treaty by all the powers represented. ünder this treaty a uniform letter rate oí o ceuta waa adopted. This'rate covers all poBtage between tlie office where the letter is maüed aid that at wbich it is delivered. Each country is to collect and keep all the poetage on letters roceived. L'uiiug the year, the mouey-order depirtment worked Batiefactorily. Tlie whole amouut of money thua trausinitted was over $74 000,000 ; the average amouut of oach order was $16.83. Tüe revenue from this depai-tment over its expenses was 1105,000. There were but seventy four cases of iraudulent payment, or one case in each 59,ti7 letThe whole numbor of Poatmasters in the United States is 34,294, of which 1,408 are appointed by the President. The number of emnloves of the postal railway service is 2,173, aud their compensatiou f2,351,809. The wliole nucnber of peiuono in the employ of the postoffice aervico ia 49,000. There were established during the year 2 318 new poetoffices, whilo 1,268 were discontinued. Number in operation on June 3J, 1874, 34,204 same time iu 1873, 33,244 Nine huudred and even I'oBtmasters were removed during the year, and 5,354 reeigned There are employed in the poBtal serv.ce 54 special agent, 850 railway postoffiue clerkf, 93S route ageuts, 211 roail-ronte meagengers knd 124 local agents, at an aggregate uoaipenaation of .42,351,808. There are 87 free-delivery oflices in opoiation which employ 2,049 puriers at au ex pense of $l,802,69Q. These cirriers delivered and collected. during the year. au aggregato mimber of 503,886,387 lettere, papers and poBtal cardn. THE 3UVÏ. Animal lteyort of Sicretmy Kobeinu. The repoit of Soaretary Hobeson states that the nary is iu a remarkably efllcient oonditiou. both as regards the number of véasela and their armameut and aea-going qualities. lue navy at present consiata cf 1G3 voseéis, witU 1 354 fiune. Of iron-clad or armored veaeelB. lli aro of a clan and in oond tïon for actual and cfflcioi.t service. Four otlinia, of the clase of powerf al donblo-tnrreted monitors, a-o aotnally on hand underguiug rej airs, and a üfth ia w'fcll Würth V.ie same a'.tontioii, uut the remaindcr niay beconnted m really (■- for any activo and elüdent purpose. One-haii of the eteani navy adapted to craisuijj i m commifBion snd iu actual aervice. Thw nnmber of voséela cannot be prudently dimiuiahed ; but, if it is to be maintained, there mnst be a sradual and constant addition to the navy to supply the places oí these whinh are eaoii year found to be worn out and untit for further Bérvte , and íor this purpoee a tixed amount for tonage should be built every year. Tuis toiiage may be mnall, but it ehould be cjiiBtant and urifaüii);;. To this oud tho dopartmnnt hM m-cumnlateJ a lurge amount of live-oak timbor in vanoun u&yy yards, where it will yearly improve in couaition aud be avadabla as the very best material for the frames of auy ahips it may at any time be nu'BBsaiy or dcmrable (o build. The rapicl and nl'KOHf. TODipletR liBappearauc 3 or this moet valnable ehip lumber from our Bhores, larg quantities being sent abroad, hould arrest the attention of Congrese, and ueaauros should be taken to secure what romaine. The Secretary recommends that, if the loelaudio Committee sent out u a government veseel to examine aeverat points on the Alatka coaat itli a view to tettl ment bjr thoir couutryme u h-hall fii.d fit. HT ''nl W tle l'aciüc OfiMt a eatisfactory locatión, that whatever auitiatánoá the góttruriiéllt l rimpetent to extond toward eetabü'lutjjg "n Uclandic colony there be proroptly offured, aa the Icolaudeis wonld be a valuable and fruitiul souroe ot supply to the naval eorvice of trainod Americausearaen in time of need. The appropriations applicable to the fiscal year endiug Jan 30, 1874, including' the iinexpended balance of approprifttions for the building of new eloops, and special appropriatioiiB tó reimouree the bureaus for their great expendltures duriug the threateuod complications with Spaiu, amounting in the aggregate to O27,147,857, and the actual expouditures for the eame period from these appropriationa aniounted to 2G,254,15ó, or about $900,000 loss tlian tliO whole amount. The appropriations made available for the current yoar, commonciiifi Julv 1, 1874, amnint in the aggregate to 819,273.731. The amount of the; e appropriationa for the current year, dra wn for the flve months sinoe July 1, up to December 1, 1874, in 111,884,448, which is reduoed by the amount refuuded during the period. and that remaiuing in hands of paymastera and ageuts of the government will leave a little less than S9,000,ÖOO as the sum actually expended from the current appropriation during the fivo working summer months of tuis year. LAW DEPARTMENT. Report of Attorney-General WiiiansThe Attorney-General's annual report shows that thore were judgmenta duriug the fiscal year in civil smta in favor of the United Statea o'. $2,021.724; amount actually realized, $367.192. Of the criminal casas, 6,018 were terminated, includinjj 2,523 convictions, of wkich 102 out of 93G wore under the Enforcement aetR. The total suite to which the United States were uot a party is 29.191, of which 11,490 were terminated, the judgments being to the amoant of $10,508,024. The expenses of the Marshals Commissioners, etc, for the year were s?2, 660,730, or 3861,138 less than the previous year. The amount awarded by the Court of Claims waa $2,418,804 againet total claims of $ 1,054. 366. The Attorney-General recommends that the United States District Courtube given authority to issue subpcenaa directing the attendance of witnepsoH before th Court of Claims, and that the latter be given power to pumsh for contempt auy failure to obey ; that the heads of departments be given authority for use in the court of the rebel records in posseBSion of the govornment ; that the pólice forcé of the District of Oolumbia be increased ; that all District-Attirneys and MarshalB be paid by salary only, fees boing abolished ; that a Ponitentiary bo ereoted in the District of Columbia for the confiuement of conyicts, inetead of that at Albany ; that a uniform mode be provided for the üelection of jurera for United Statea Courts, and the enactment of a law regulating the fees and costs of clerks, Marshals and attorneys of United States Courta.