Post Office Affairs

Washin .", November 11. The forthcomingr report of AssistanfPosimaster-General Hazen makes an inte est nu ex.hiit_of the operatlons oí th rejílítry systeia. The total tmraber of letters oud parecis ïejjistered ihrougliout the country (i'iriiigr the liseal yi-iir ended Juné üQ last wa-s 6,!M,5i:i, of whirh in ruund luimlra 5,:.Vi),'ii)0 were letters, 459,001 d'inifsü' paruels, third av l'ourtb elas mattor, 2öi,l)'JJ letters to forolarn countrics, S,'.'.")U parcolj to foroigti ooiiiitr:és, and upwatds of 1,00:1,00) lottei'3 and parucU of offiuial matter, forwnrded tor the Uovemment and by htvv exempt i'ro&a the paymont of re-istry lees. The auiouni of feos ciilli-cti'il were .W5,TU, an luoreaae of ne iny thirty per cent. over the ijreceUing ycar. ïlio üicii'isc in the nuinbor of letters and pareels reirisioie 1 was 1,57,4U1. The aetu.il losses of registejed matter duriiijf the year wero 1,118 letters and pareéis, which Is at the rate of one in about evory 6,200. This is proportionately smaller loss than for the previous year. The nev,ly-autlioried ruglstratl m tf tWrd and fourth-olasa matter tmerobanJise, etc.i is reporteii to be stili attonded with pxtraord'a" ary sueeess; Í53,óS) pareéis were revistered dtirim the fiscal year at the New York City l'ost-DUiee ilone. Con ral Hazen, in view oí the factthnt most of the losse of reg-istered matter oeeur on "stars i'viee" routes, recoraimmds that muil oontraótorg on si ar routes be held aee umiablo Tor loases direct ly traceuble to oarcksn?3 pt olher i'ault of their ajrenfs, and STigrgGstó tbllt in all contract hereafter a eliiuse be inserte pr ivlding for such accomntabtjity. Auditor MeGrew's report shows the numbe of cloniestic nioney orders issued for the lisoa yearto be ",'240,M7, to $10.),:KJ,si:i The priiicipiil l'oreisn moncy-order business was as follmva: With Great Britain, 116.7T;! orders issued, amountini? to il,iH5,JU, and 18,ïMS pnid, amountinjr to S3)8,U!X); Canada, 25,895 orders issued, amountinsr to $511,017, a nl 23,ai: paid, (unounttng to $122,730; Gerrnany. 63.Í5"! onlcrs issued for ïl,0H,a, and ;iri.t;r,5 orders paid, to $837,15Ï. The toral of net revenuo to the Government from tho money-order business of ihe year, Í260.205.