Statement, compiled from the annual reports of the Post-Office Department, showing the amount of railroad mail service, and the cost thereof, from the commencement of such service, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1836, to June 30, 1872.

*Railroad and steamboat service combined: no separate report.

JOHN L. ROUTT, Second Assistant Postmaster-General.

Number and cost of mail-locks and keys purchased and repaired during the year ended

Number.

5,000

June 30, 1872.

Description.

Prices.

Cost.

New iron mail-locks..

$0 58

2,820

4,000 Old iron mail-keys

Old iron mail-locks repaired. 6,723 Old iron mail-locks repaired.

17, 543

$2,900 00

20

800 00

20

564 00

10

672 30

Total.....

4,936 30

Forty thousand new iron mail-locks were ordered June 6, 1872, but have not been delivered.

Annual cost.

Total operations of the appointment office for the year ending June 30, 1872.

Table showing the increase and decrease of post-offices in the several States and Territories; also the number of post-offices at which appointments are made by the President and by the Postmaster-General, for the year ended June 30, 1872.

Table showing the number of post-offices in each of the several States and Territories of the United States, as well as the aggregate salaries of the postmasters therein, as re-adjusted, to take effect on the 1st July, 1872.