1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS-
-ANNUAL.
209
29
The following table of revenue for the last ten years shows the increase in postal business that has taken place
Year. Amount. 1889 $ 142,309.11 * 20,818.15 Deficit. 1890 148,459.98 5,458.16 Surplus. 1891 142,770.03 2,605.02 ** 1892 *** 157,699.03 3,450.73 17 1893 167,596.77 14,309.81 1894 192,172.42 8,820.27 37 1895 244,449.71 50,209.44 >> 1896 245,280.33 56,999.16 17 1897 268,616.49 61,536.20 ** 1898 337,179.99 95,618.47 **The working expenses of 1889 were only $15,666.25 less than those of 1898; yet the deficit of $20,000 in the former year has become a surplus of $95,000 in the latter. In ten years this department has paid into general revenue $278,189.11.
The Postmaster-General reports that he is able to speak highly of most of the seniors on the staff, but that the juniors lack a sense of responsibility, and it is doubtful if many of them intend to remain in the service.