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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
June
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Postmnsier General hns returns of jII letters nnd pnpers thnt pnseed throush the post-offiecs in Octofoer, 1845. cxrept 1.903 offices not lieard fron'. Tho number of 5 cent letters, ot single ratea was 2, 15-1, 122: of 10 cent leiior?. 755,084, or nbotit three to onc. A vast disproportion exists ín the number of 5 nnd 10 cení leiters in the different Status. Thus N. Hampshire has 62,423 5 cent letters to 4, 7Í7 leu cent: .while the proporiion o" len cent letters increascf as yon travel We'a In Michigan, the 5 cent letters are 26,005: ten cent, 25,233. iowa gtvee, üf 5 cent 6.023; of 10 cent, 12.50-1. Louisiana, 10 cent, :8'7G5: of 5 cent, 17,127. 7'be number nf printcd circulare was 00,262. The 5 cent letters produced n gross revonuo ol $106.9(0: the 10 cerrt of $77,Iü(. Total revenue (or thernonth, $185:450. 05 We have received a nuniber of the "Daily Philadelphian," W. H. Bristane, Editor. It is just commenccd at a penny a sheet, or$'2575 a year.