118 The Dumfries Post Office, 1642-1910. 



the Dumfries staff, 85,860 letters are dealt with weekly, yearly 

 average, 4,464,720. This return brings out a grand total of 

 14,255,904 per annum. For the parcels department the return 

 is:— Posted, 2209 weekly, 114,868 per annum; delivered, 2071 

 weekly, 107,692 per annum; forwarded, 5772 weekly, 300,144 

 per annum; in Galloway sorting carriages, 5946 weekly, 309,192 

 per annum; grand total, 831,896. About 420 letter mail bags 

 and 240 parcel receptacles are dealt with daily at Dumfries and in 

 the sorting carriages. Of registered letters there were 12,706 

 delivered during the year, and there were 652 express letter 

 services. Of telegrams there were 47,346 handed in at Dumfries 

 (exclusive of those received at the railway station), 58,593 de- 

 livered, 82,732 transmitted (these being messages received from 

 offices not having direct communication with other towns and 

 forwarded from Dumfries to their destination). Telephone calls 

 numbered 11,024. The return of the financial business trans- 

 acted at the head office shews 101,516 money and postal orders 

 issued and paid, and 3928 savings bank transactions. The head 

 office staff of all grades numbers 89. In addition there are two 

 telegraph engineers and four linesmen located in the premises. 

 The Dumfries district comprises 29 sub-offices, with about sixty 

 postmen or postwomen employed in rural letter and parcel 



delivery. ^'' 



1910. 



Returns for 1910, kindly supplied to us by Mr W. Car- 

 michael, Postmaster of Dumfries, are as follows : — 



Letters— Posted, 3,738,800 per annum ; delivered, 4,166,240 

 per annum; forwarded, 3,333,212 per annum; yearly average of 

 letters dealt with in Galloway Sorting Carriages, 5,451,836; 

 grand total, 16,690,088. Parcels — Posted, 140,140 per annum; 

 delivered, 130,193 per annum; forwarded, 329,264 per annum; 

 dealt with in Galloway Sorting Carriages, 328,224; grand total, 

 927,821. Of registered letters there were 16,126 during the year 

 and there were 630 Inland Revenue license transactions. Of 

 telegrams dealt with at Dumfries Office there was a grand total for 

 the year of 203,438, and there were 54,476 telephone trunk calls. 

 There were 11,284 money order, 127,904 postal order, and 

 5768 Savings Bank transactions during the year. 



57. Footnote M'Dowall's "History of Dumfries," 3rd Ed., pp. 

 848-0. 



