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. |