7. COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES, From 1815 to 1851 inclusive, in Tons. Enrolled Reg. Tonn. & licensed in Whale 1816 800,759 571,458 503,140 35,391 539,080 45,449 67,621 585 589,223 No separate returns of tonnage employed in the mackerel fishery were made by the collectors prior to the year 1830. 8. Entries and Clearances of American and Foreign Vessels, with their Crews, during the Year ending June 30, 1851. Whole number of American vessels entered during the year ending 8,951 Whole number of foreign vessels entered, from do., Whole number of American vessels cleared for foreign countries, 9,274 10,712 Total of American and foreign vessels, . 19,986 Crews of American vessels entered. Men, 113,471. 116,577. Crews of foreign vessels entered. Men 90,796. 92,627. Crews of American vessels cleared. Men, 113,640. Boys, 3,427. Total, 117,067. Crews of foreign vessels cleared. Men, 89,659. Boys, 1,929. Total, 91,588. NOTE. The returns from San Francisco do not give the crews of the vessels. 9. NUMBER AND CLASS OF VESSELS BUILT, AND THE TONNAGE THEREOF, IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM 1815 TO 1851, inclusive. XII. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 1. Post-Office Statistics for the Year ending June 30, 1851. Number of mail routes, July 1, 1851, Length of mail routes, July 1, 1851, miles, Amount of annual transportation in miles, Cost of same for year ending June 30, 1851, Average cost per mile, nearly, The mail service in California and Oregon having been irregular in its performance, and imperfectly reported to the department, is not included in the above. 6,170 196,290 53,272,252 Length of routes, six in number, connecting this with foreign countries, covered by regular United States mail conveyance, S Amount of annual transportation in miles, Annual cost of same, nearly, 18 349 615, 06 $1,463,2201 5,244 619 19,796 †This service is paid partly by the Post Office Department and partly by the Navy De. partinent. Increase in aggregate length of routes, since July 1, 1850, Increase of inland mail transportation since July 1, 1850, in miles, 6,162,855 Increased cost of transportation, Increase of mail service over preceding year, per cent., Gross revenue for the year, Ordinary expenditures for the year, Excess of gross revenue over ordinary expenditures, (For details, see post, page 188.) 13,354 $547,110 13.4 During the year, 1,698 new post offices were established, and 256 were discontinued. 2,649 postmasters were appointed in consequence of resignations; 187 in consequence of deaths; 206 for changes of sites of the offices; 1,698 to new offices; 599 by removals; in all, 5,339. 2. Table of Mail Service for the Year ending June 30, 1851.* *The entire service and pay are set down to the State under which it is numbered, though extending into other States, instead of being divided among the States in which each portion of it lies. †The Baltimore, Wilmington, and Philadelphia Railroad is under a Maryland number. iThis embraces the steamboat service from St. Louis to New Orleans. § This embraces the steamboat service from Louisville to Cincinnati and from Louisville to New Orleans. This includes the route from New Orleans to Mobile. 3. 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. *The returns for 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851 are for the six years under the 6,278,402 1,549,376 2,965,786 1,781,686 law of March 3, 1845. 4. Post-Offices in each State classified according to the Compensation allowed each Postmaster, for the Year ending June 30, 1851.* States and Terri- Amount tories. 36 179 347 208 381 697 2,022 3,2794,086 8,369 19,604 5. Amount paid for Mail Transportation, and the Net Revenue arising from Postages in each State and Territory for the Year ending June 30, 1851. Net paid. Revenue. Massachusetts, 132,164.84 358,120.72|| Iowa, . 24,850.05 26,568.86 Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,. Delaware, Maryland, Dist. of Columbia, 6,489.87 12,521.38 Arkansas, 143,150.97 121,864.61 Louisiana, 11,109.45 Texas, 61,244.90 17,215.53 169,687.83 141,579.13 California, 111,515.87 227,152.82 North Carolina, 154,977.40 46,647.07 Oregon, 9,875.80 3,282.54 South Carolina, 108,488.80 76,108.62 Minesota, 1,192.89 1,874.13 Georgia,. 146,772.94 101,749.42 New Mexico, Florida, 31,701 55 13,793 24 Utah, 718.90 Ohio, 138,836.32 286,311.24 Nebraska, 25.17 Michigan, 39,634.58 62,387.69 Total amount. . $2,935,597.81 4.035.915.30 *This table does not embrace 192 offices from which no returns were received during the year, a portion of which had been recently established, and are supposed not to have been in operation. 16* |