REAR-ADMIRALS-ACTIVE LIST (11). D. C.. 25 Sup't Naval Observatory. James H. Spotts....... San Francisco, Cal.. .18771 20 .1877 21 22 1836. April 1, 1872 21 1836. May 24, 1872 1837. July 19, 1872 1837. Aug. 13, 1872 1836. Nov. 20, 1872 Va... 1837. Nov. 25, 1872 Ark.. 1837. Dec. 12, 1872 Mich. 1837. Dec. 28, 1872 N. Y. 1837. Feb. 14, 1873| N. C. 1837. Aug. 24, 1873 Ky... 1837. Sept. 25, 1873 1838. Nov. 8, 1873 20 20 18 18 21 22 23 20 21 George H. Cooper. J. W. A. Nicholson.... Com'dt Navy Yard, New York.. N. Y. 22 N. Y. 1837. June 5, 1874 23 Com'dg South Atlantic Station.. Conn. J. Blakeley Creighton. Com'dt Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. Edmund R. Colhoun... Member Board Examiners. William F. Spicer.... Commanding Franklin.. THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD. Compiled from Official Documents. POST-OFFICE STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES 1790-1877. Number of Post-Offices, Extent of Post-Routes, and Revenue and Expenditures of the Post-Office Department; with the Amount paid to Postmasters and for Transportation of the Mail, since 1790. Extent of Revenue Expendi Amount paid for of the ture of the Salaries of Transport'n in Miles. Department Department Postmast'rs of the Mail. 1,875 $37,935 $32,140 $8,198 $22,081 117,893 1,043,065 961,782 804,422 1817.. 3,459 52,089 1,002,973 916,515 UNITED STATES POSTAL REGULATIONS. First Class Mail Matter. LETTERS.-This class includes letters and any thing of which the Postmaster cannot ascertain the contents without destroying the wrapper, or any thing unsealed which may be wholly or partly in writing-except book-manuscript, corrected proofs passing between authors and publishers, and postal cards. Postage, 3 cents each half ounce, or for cach fraction above half an ounce. On local or drop letters, at free-delivery offices, 2 cents. At offices where no free-delivery by carrier, 1 cent. Postal cards, 1 cent. Registered letters, 10 cents in addition to the proper postage. The Post-Office Department or its revenue is not by law liable for the loss of any registered mail matter. Second Class. REGULAR PUBLICATIONS.-This class includes all newspapers, periodicals,_or matter exclusively in print and regularly issued at stated periods from a known office of publication or news agency. Postage, on daily or weekly issues, 2 cents a pound or fraction thereof. On periodicals issued less frequently than once a week, 3 cents a pound or fraction thereof. Third Class. Mail matter of the third class is divided as follows: One cent for two ounces.-Almanacs, books (printed), calendars, catalogues, corrected proofs, hand-bills, magazines, when not sent to regular subscribers, maps (lithographed or engraved), music (printed sheet), newspapers, when not sent to regular subscribers, occasional publications, pamphlets, posters, proof-sheets, prospectuses, and regular publications designed primarily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates. One cent for each ounce.--Blank books, blank cards, book manuscript, cardboards, and other flexible material, chromo-lithographs, circulars, engravings, envelopes, flexible patterns, letter envelopes, letter paper, lithographs, merchandise, models, ornamented paper, postal cards, when sent in bulk and not addressed, photographic views, photographic paper, printed blanks, printed cards, sample cards, samples of ores, metals, minerals, and merchandise, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, and scions, stereoscopic views. All packages of matter of the third class must be so wrapped or enveloped, with open sides or ends, that their contents may be readily examined by postmasters without destroying the wrappers. Matter of the second and third classes containing any writing whatever, will be charged with letter postage, except as follows: The sender may write his name or address therein, or on the outside, with the word "from" preceding the same, or may write briefly on any package the number and names of the articles inclosed. Postal Money Orders. An order may be issued for any amount, from one cent to fifty dollars inclusive, but fractional parts of a cent cannot be included. The Fees for orders are: On orders not exceeding $15.... 10 cents. over $15 and not exceeding $30....15 66 over 30 64 40....20 66 When a larger sum than fifty dollars is required, additional orders must be obtained; but no more than three orders will be issued in one day from the same postoffice to the same remitter in favor of the same payee. Free Delivery. The free delivery of mail matter at the residences of the people desiring it is required by law in every city of 50,000 or more population, and may be established at every place containing not less than 20,000 inhabitants. The present number of free-delivery offices is 87. The franking privilege was abolished July 1, 1873, but the following mail-matter may be sent free by legislative saving-clauses, viz. : 1. All public documents, printed by order of Congress. 2. Seeds transmitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, or by any member of Congress, procured from that department. 3. All newspapers sent to subscribers within the county where printed. 4. Letters and packages relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States, mailed only from an Executive Department, or a bureau or office of the same, in specially printed envelopes. All communications to Government officers, and to or from members of Congress, are required to be prepaid by stamps. RATES OF FOREIGN POSTAGE. From the United States Official Postal Guide, October, 1877. The standard single rate is 1⁄2 ounce avoirdupois. Prepayment optional in case of country marked with a star, embraced in the Postal Union Treaty of 1874. When not prepaid, double rates are collected. Hawaiian Kingdom, dir. Mail Hong Kong, Canton, Swatow, Iceland UNITED STATES PATENT-OFFICE BUSINESS. Comparative Statement of the Business of the Office from 1837 to 1877, inclusive. From the Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, 1877. OFFICERS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Secretary-Joseph Henry. Assistant Secretary-Spencer F. Baird. Peter Parker, REGENTS OF THE INSTITUTION. Morrison R. Waite, Chief-Justice of the U. S. James A. Garfield, member of the House. .$15 20 30 10 10 20 10 10 15 30 25 6 |