Years. 1815 7. COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES, From 1815 to 1851 inclusive, in Tons. Enrolled Reg. Tonn. Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage employed in 435,066 26,570 1,229 1816 800,759 571,458 1817 809,724 590,186 4,874 1819 612,930 647,821 31,700 1820 619,047 661,118 35,391 539,080 1821 619,896 679,062 51,351 1,924 1822 628,150 696,548 39,918 566,408 70,626 1850 1,585,711 1,949,743 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., 10,759 Total of American and foreign vessels, 19,710 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. Length of mail routes, July 1, 1851, miles, Amount of annual transportation in miles, XII. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. 1. Post-Office Statistics for the Year ending June 30, 1851. Number of mail routes, July 1, 1851, 6,170 196,290 53,272,252 Cost of same for year ending June 30, 1851, $3,421,754 Average cost per mile, nearly, $0.064 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. countries, covered by regular United States mail conveyance, 18 349 2 Amount of annual transportation in miles, 615, 06 Annual cost of same, nearly, 1,463,220+ Number of contractors, 5,9 544 Route agents, local agents, and mail messengers, 619 Number of post-offices supplied, 19,796 *For nine months. †This service is paid partly by the Post-Office Department and partly by the Navy De partment. 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., 13,354 $547,110 13.4 20 $6,727,866.78 $6,024,566.79 $703,299.99 Ordinary expenditures for the year, Excess of gross revenue over ordinary expenditures, (For details, see post, page 188.) 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. I This 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. Extent of * The returns for 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851 are for the six years under the 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.* 27 60 2 39 64 118 3 12 66 15 28 15 13 Georgia, 17 Florida, 5 Alabama, 7 Mississippi, Louisiana, 6 15113321 6 -$2,000. $1,000 to $2,000. 31 56 34 ---RGAIN I、EN$300 to $400. 17 9 16 $200 to $300. $100 to $200. 62 146 171 234 668 95 72 94 355 87 62 382 137 93 41 585 22 10 74 74 45 339 367 36 179 347 208 381 697 2.022 3.279 4,086 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. States and Terri Amount Maine, tories. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Net paid Revenue. States and Terri- $ 46.690.25 $89,761.92 Indiana, 50.643.93 132.164.84 358,120 72|| Iowa, Amount Net Revenue. $83,638.03 156,685.71 115,184.53 58.965.44 Wisconsin, 34,759.77 60,725.35 24,850.05 26,568.86 101,313.23 83,787.95 Delaware, 6.489 87 12.521.38 Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,. Florida, *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* |