THE SAVINGS BANKS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, COMPARED WITH THE SAVINGS BANKS IN OTHER COUNTIES OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. Statement exhibiting the number of Savings Banks in the City and County of New York, compared with other Counties of the State of New-York, with the amount of Deposits, the number of Depositors, and the average due each Depositor on the 1st of January, for the last ten years. Compiled from the Official Reports of the respective Superintendents of the Banking Department, Albany, N. Y. TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEW-YORK POST OFFICE, FOR THE YEAR 1904. THE following statement exhibits the transactions of the NewYork Post Office for the year ended December 31st, 1904. Prepared expressly for the Annual Report of the Chamber of Commerce, by direction of the Hon. WILLIAM R. WILLCOX, Postmaster: Postmaster General's Account, Deposited in Sub-Treasury and Checks received,........ 38,480,522 22 Bills of Exchange purchased,...... 30,104,697 35 Money Orders certified to and received from Foreign Countries,... Letters returned to card of senders by General Post Office and Stations,.... Amount of Stamps, Stamped Envelopes, &c., sold at Stations,. 100,156,224 282,207,627 1,912,355 2,274,959 $7,880,498 69 INQUIRY AND DEAD LETTER Department. Number of inquiries for missing mail matter,... 69,147 Number of cases successfully terminated,.. 40,466 Losses reported to Chief Inspector Post Office Department, Washing ton, D. C.,........ 28,681 69,147 Letters, tracers, notifications, &c., sent out relative to missing mail matter,... 593,780 483,833 Misdirected Card Letters forwarded to correct address after inquiry of sender, Total number of Letters misdirected, corrected and forwarded... 1,259,925 194,272 69,801 Letters and Packages refused by addressees for postage due,..... to fictitious addresses,. addressed to foreign countries held for postage,... containing coin and jewelry, unmailable, Domestic Letters held for postage, addressees notified,. 34,807 17,437 1,914 134 Valuable Dead Letters returned from Dead Letter Office for special delivery... 6,409 2,318.287 |