POST-OFFICES AND POST ROUTES. Number of Post-Offices, Extent of Post Routes, and Revenue and Expenditures of the Post-Office Department, Including Amounts Paid for Transportation of the Mails, 1879 to 1905. Railroad Mileage upon which Mail was Carried, Annual Cost and Average Cost per Mile of Railroad Mail Transportation, and Expenditure for Railway-Mail Service Employees, 1879 to 1905. 1879. Miles. Miles. Dollars. 2,624,890 2,850,980 11,963,117 .1155 3,177 3,108,801 13,127,715 .1151 129,198,641 13,887,800 .1075 3,855 3,972,071 125,345 117,160 142,541,392 15,012,603 .1053 3,963 3,688,032 1885. 128,320 121,032 4,246,210 4,467,717 1887. 149,214 130,949 169,689,866 18,056,272 .1064 4,851 4,694,562 1889. 161,276 150,381 204,192,489 21,639,613 .1059 185,485,783 19,524,959 .1052 ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBT: JULY 1, 1879 TO 1905. (Prepared in the office of the 4 percents. Dollars. Secretary of the Treasury.) Total interestbearing debt. Dollars. Annual interest charge.* Dollars. 5 percents. Dollars. 6 percents. Dollars. 275,112,470.00 *The interest charge is computed upon the amount of outstanding principal at the close of the fiscal year. 895,158,340.00 24,176,781.00 July 1 ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBT: JULY 1, 1879 TO 1905-Continued. Debt, less ury, per capita. Interest Dollars. Dollars. per The column of "Debt bearing no interest" includes certificates issued against gold, silver, and currency deposited in the Treasury. 11.91 1,284,748,291.87 989,866,771.97 83,143,000 CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION. Apportionment of Congressional Representation: Ratios Under the Constitution and at Each Census, 1790 to 1900, States. -Ratios under Constitution and censuses by West Virginia.. 18 23 2 229 6 6 5 3 3 6 5 5 40 34 33 31 33 13 9 8 7 19 21 21 19 2 7 34 1 20 10 6 11 13 2 3 11 9 10 10 10 14 15 16 1 3 6 6 8 10 34 37 9 9 10 1 2 1 2 2 32 10 16 8 O240 3 5 2 3 6 8 9 10 11 1 1 1 65 106 142 186 213 242 230 237 243 293 332 357 386 Total *Included in the 20 members originally assigned to Massachusetts, but credited to Maine after its admission as a State March 15, 1820. Note. The following representation included in the table was added after the several census apportionments indicated: First-Tennessee, 1. SecondOhio, 1. Third-Alabama, 1; Illinois, 1; Indiana, 1; Louisiana, 1; Mississippi, 1. Fifth-Arkansas, 1; Michigan, 1. Sixth-California, 2; Florida, 1; Iowa, 2; Texas, 2; Wisconsin, 2. Seventh-Minnesota, 2; Oregon, 1. Eighth-Nebraska, 1; Nevada, 1. Ninth-Colorado, 1. Tenth-Idaho, 1; Montana, 1; North Dakota, 1; South Dakota, 2; Washington, 1; Wyoming, 1. EleventhUtah, 1. No Democratic Representative can ask a re-election on his record without at the same time endorsing the record of his Republican associates.-New York Tribune. Ten aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Lincoln. of organiza tion or ad- ..... THE UNITED STATES: DATES OF ACTS OF ORGANIZA- State or Territory. Original States. Rhode Island.... New York........... Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina. ............. ......... MONEY IN CIRCULATION INCREASED. On July 1, 1897, the per capita circulation was only $22.87. The average has been increased speedily under Republican management, and on July 1, 1906, stood at $32.42 per capita-the highwater mark in our history-and an increase of $1.62 per capita in the last two years. The total increase in circulation for two years was slightly above $233,000,000. During the same two years national bank circulation increased over $111,000,000. |