Ni:\V YOUK CITY. 



S.-ul|;m,l. 

 :>!); IJn-MH. ;VJ.O-,"J; Poland, . 



erland, O.'.MM : Sweden, :;-.'. I. 'ii; Norway, 

 lo,:,oo : llelgium, 2,773; Italy. 05,084; S|.:.m. 

 i-.-i; Portugal, 1.9S5 : Denmark. 9,024; Hungary. 



li); Au-in:,.-j;,|:;:;: I'.'.hemia. N.074: Finland. 

 Uinema, '.' l<; ; Australia, 1">; <ireece. 



i,(i:;s : aii other count rie-. :;.:><;!. 



Po-1-OftU'O. This department is n Federal 

 office, under tin- jurisdiction of tin- I'o>t-olli< e 

 linen! in \Va.-hington. The postmaster i- 

 Cornelius Van C<itt. The post-ollice building is 

 at the junction of Broadway and I'ark How, op- 

 posite llarclay Street. Iluriny; the year tlie total 

 nuinU'r of pieces of mail matter of all kinds 

 handled was 1.150,027,000, a daily average of 8,- 

 4SI5.5-J3. and an increase over the previous vear 

 of i-jri.vjs.-js:,. 



There wen' delivered through lock boxes and 

 by carriers 374,724,012 pieces of ordinary mail 

 matter* divided as follow: Letters through 

 boxe.-. i;::. 155.774: by carriers, 187,130,572. Pos- 

 tal cards through boxes, 0,944,656; by carriers, 

 : 7.910. Other mail matter through boxes, 

 :;U!M.103; by carriers, 44,424,537. In the regis- 

 tered-letter department 1,520,317 pieces were de- 

 livered, and 1. :!!:!.:!,>;{ of domestic and 550.70:! 

 of foreign origin were recorded and distributed 

 to other ofliccs. In the distribution department 

 771.838,051 pieces were handled, as follows : Let- 

 ter- of local origin, 266.715,732: received by 

 ranil. 30,535,500 ; foreign dispatched, 27.62~'.75S. 

 !'o>t:il cards of local origin, 41,033,190; received 

 by mail, 9,133,876; foreign dispatched, 1,315,:50<). 

 Other matter of local origin, 283.221,112: re- 

 ceived by mail, 60.178,690; foreign dispatched, 

 46.081,812. 



The ordinary mail matter bandied was con- 

 tained in 1,343,427 lock pouches, and 3,C5(i.l4S 

 sacks (including foreign mail, of which 140.213 

 sacks were received and 179,108 dispatched), be- 

 sides which there were handled 11.843 cases and 

 110,425 pouches of registered matter and 5,401 

 pouches and 45.743 sacks of supplies. 



There passed through the New York Post- 

 office in transit 200,402 pouches and 589,785 

 sacks of mail matter, making a total of 0,023,174 

 pouches, cases, and sacks handled at the office, a 

 daily average of 18,307, exclusive of those which 

 the 19 branch post-office stations exchanged 

 with one another and with the general office. 



The volume of money-order business was: At 

 the general post-office 1.221,089 money orders 

 were issued and paid, amounting to "$9,870,- 

 586.14. and 818,001 postal notes, amounting to 

 $1.247,183.50. At the 39 branch nost-officcs 

 and sub-stations the numlwr of orders issued 

 and paid was 280,274, amounting to $4.127.- 

 **5.7I. and the number of postal notes 138.312. 

 amounting to $206.744.30. The aggregate busi- 

 ness of the money-order department for the 

 year amounted to $106360,047.08, giving an 

 increase over the previous year of $5,534,- 

 868.75. 



The total receipts of the office were $6.505.- 

 95-J.OS. and the total expenditures $3^20,540.50 

 (including $1,140,417.94 for free-delivery serv- 

 ice). Diving a net revenue of $3,980,41 1.4!>. 



There were sold during the year 232.132..'!'>* 

 postage stamps. 47.<>:!::.S'js ( Jo\ crnment stamped 

 envelopes, and 54,945,025 postal cards. 



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The total weight of mail- r.c.Mid and di- 

 palehed daily during 1HI1 \a- '''>'> t.n. 



i^'ii mail- di-pali-hed a\ era-id 35 a week. 

 !'<!< i u'u mails, both inward and mil ward, fre- 

 quently include a> many a- MM) I,,.--, and re.jiiin: 

 from one to twelve two-hor-c truck- for their 

 Iraiisporlalion. 



Memorial Arch. The committee for the 

 erection of the \\ a-hin^ioii Arch nut . n I)..-. 

 14. The trea.-uier reported the total MI' 

 tions to date as $1' .-f which $105.- 



075.N2 had been paid. Of the $1.597 remaining, 

 about $700 was collectible. lnlere-t amounts 

 to $5,024.61, making a total of the fund $110,- 

 100.43. On the eoii-t ruction of the arch there- 

 has been expended $85,304.63. und for other ex- 

 peii.-e- ss.s'it.:;!, leaving a cash balance of $13,- 

 941.49. The architect. Stanford White, said 

 that the arch had been carried to a height of 68 

 feet 6 inches since the cornerstone was laid on 

 Dec. 22. 1890. The frieze of the piers, the 

 interior decorations of the arch, and the cornice 

 have been carved, as well as nearly all of the 

 frieze. The total cost of the arch will be $123.- 

 000, and there will be needed $21,003.88, $4,000 

 of which the committee dc.-md .-hoidd l>e sub- 

 scriU-d bv Jan. 1, 1892, so that the interior work 

 might be inclosed. 



Political. The election of 1891 was heTd on 

 Nov. 3, when the following local candidates 

 were voted for : 



lammany. Judge of the Supreme Court, 

 George L. Ingraharn; Judge of the Superior 

 Court, Henry A. (jildersleeve; Judge of the 

 Court of Common Pleas. Roger A. Pryor; 

 Judges of the City Court, Simon 31. Khrlieh and 

 John II. McCarthy; and Coroners. Ferdinand 

 Levy, John B. Shea, and Louis W. Schult/e ; and 

 25 aldermen. 



Connty democracy. This organization ac- 

 cepted the above-named candidates, except the 

 following: Coroners, John Ah.rtin. William J. 

 V. Hart, and Emil Schaerer; and 18 alder- 

 men. 



JtepitbJican. Judge of the Supreme Court, 

 Edward T. Rartlett ; Judge of the Superior 

 Court, Myer S. Isaacs; Judge of the Court of 

 Common Pleas, J. Langdon Ward; Judges of 

 the City Court, Henry Grasse and Charles G. 

 Cronin ; and Coroners, John H. Nugent, William 

 Wainman, and George W. Kram ; and 25 al- 

 dermen. 



Socialist. Judge of the Supreme Court, 

 Uudolph Modest: Judge of the Superior Court, 

 William Draeniei ; Judge of the Court of Com- 

 mon Pleas, Benjamin .1. (J ret -eh; Judges of the 

 City Courts, ifenry Glyn and Henry Foth: 

 Coroners, G. C. Striebeling, Waldorf Dorfman, 

 and Ad. Jablinowski : and 10 aldermen. 



Prohibition. .Judge of the Supr-ine Court. 

 Charles K. Manienv: Judge of the SujH-iior 

 Court. James 11. Laird : Judge of the Court of 

 Common 1'leas, Coleridge A. Hart : .hid. 

 the City Courts. Thomas I). Stetson and Henry 

 H. Ha<iley;and Coroners. J. H. Yarnall. II. li. 

 Hurnham, and W. H. Jennings. No aldermen 

 were nominated by this parly. 



Of the foregoing, the Tammany candidn 1 

 judicial offices and coroner-hip wen- elected by 

 varying pluralities of upward of ;!O.<MNI 

 The Hoard of Aldermen chosen wu> as follows: 



