30,668 757 26,747,158 80.83
1871 263,196,100 350,769 570 25,901,421 73.84
1872 342,304,000 416,512 821.8 35,730,385 85.78
1873 372,810,000 480,878 775 30,865,972 64.19
1874 178,355,000 281,662 633.2 23,362,765 82.94
1875 379,347,000 559,049 678.5 30,342,600 54.27
1876 381,002,000 540,457 705 28,282,968 52.33
1877 440,000,000
1878 392,546,700 542,850 723.1 22,137,428 40.78
1879 472,661,157 638,841 739.9
1880 446,296,889 602,516 740.7 36,414,615 60.44
1881 449,880,014 646,239 696.1 43,372,336
1882 513,077,558 671,522 764 43,189,951 64.18

APPENDIX I.

The following table exhibits in a condensed and perspicuous form the
operations of the Post-Office Department, from the foundation of the
government. The very rapid increase in the revenue of the department
after 1860 will be noted.

No. of Post Offices.
| Extent of Post-Routes in Miles.
| | Revenue of the Department.
Years. | | | Expenditure of the Department.
| | | | AMOUNT PAID FOR
| | | | Salaries of Post-Masters.
| | | | | Transportation of the Mail.
1790 75 1,875 $37,935 $32,140 $8,198 $22,081
1795 453 13,207 160,620 117,893 30,272 75,359
1800 903 20,817 280,804 213,994 69,243 128,644
1805 1,558 31,076 421,373 377,378 111,552 239,635
1810 2,300 36,406 551,684 495,969 149,438 327,966
1815 3,000 43,748 1,043,065 748,121 241,901 487,779
1816 3,260 48,673 961,782 804,422 265,944 521,979
1817 3,459 52,089 1,002,973 916,515 303,916 589,189
1818 3,618 59,473 1,130,235 1,035,832 346,429 664,611
1819 4,000 67,586 1,204,737 1,117,801 375,828 717,881
1820 4,500 72,492 1,111,927 1,160,926 352,295 782,425
1821 4,650 78,808 1,059,087 1,184,283 337,599 815,681
1822 4,709 82,763 1,117,490 1,167,572 335,299 788,618
1823 4,043 84,860 1,130,115 1,156,995 360,462 767,464
1824 5,182 84,860 1,197,758 1,188,019 383,804 768,939
1825 5,677 94,0