The aggregate receipts for 1863 were $11,163,789 59 ” ” expenditures for 1863 were 11,314,206 84 —————————————— Deficiency $150,417 25 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. ───────┬────────┬─────────┬──────────┬────────────┬──────────────────────────── │ No. of │ Extent │ Revenue │Expenditures│ Amount paid for Year. │ Post- │of Post- │ of the │ of the ├─────────────┬────────────── │Offices.│ Routes │ Depart- │ Department.│ Compen. of │ Transport’n │ │in Miles.│ ment. │ │Postmasters. │ 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│ 377,367 │ 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 │ 521,970 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│ 1,117,861 │ 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 │ 355,299 │ 788,618 1823 │ 5,043 │ 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 │ 94,052 │ 1,306,525│ 1,229,043 │ 411,183 │ 785,646 1826 │ 6,150 │ 94,052 │ 1,447,703│ 1,366,712 │ 447,727 │ 885,100 1827 │ 7,003 │ 105,336 │ 1,524,633│ 1,468,959 │ 486,411 │ 942,335 1828 │ 7,530 │ 105,336 │ 1,659,915│ 1,689,945 │ 548,049 │ 1,086,313 1829 │ 8,004 │ 115,000 │ 1,707,418│ 1,782,132 │ 559,237 │ 1,153,646 1830 │ 8,450 │ 115,176 │ 1,850,583│ 1,932,708 │ 595,234 │ 1,274,009 1831 │ 8,686 │ 115,486 │ 1,997,811│ 1,936,122 │ 635,028 │ 1,252,226 1832 │ 9,205 │ 104,466 │ 2,258,570│ 2,266,171 │ 715,481 │ 1,482,507 1833 │ 10,127 │ 119,916 │ 2,617,011│ 2,930,414 │ 826,283 │ 1,894,638 1834 │ 10,693 │ 119,916 │ 2,823,749│ 2,910,605 │ 897,317 │ 1,925,544 1835 │ 10,770 │ 112,774 │ 2,993,356│ 2,757,350 │ 945,418 │ 1,719,007