1810.] Report on the Post-Office Establishment of Americg. 
gc. No. 15. Support of a table, with a 
Victory hollowed out between the vo- 
lutes, 
No. 16. A colossal head of Minerva ; a 
specimen of very early Greek work. 
Ibis head is very fine. Artists should 
recollect, that Minerva’s portrait is one 
of the Tétes données. The finest por- 
trait, supposed to be a copy of the Pal- 
las of Phidias, is in the Pierres de ? Em- 
pereur, pl. xviii. As to statues of Pal- 
las, Mr. Dallaway (Arts, 246) notes, 
that she is distinguished by the straight 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
RESUMING that the publication of 
facts which evince the national - 
growth of the United States, will be in- 
teresting to many of your readers, I in 
close you the Report of Gideon Granger, 
post-master-general, which- will display 
the increasing wnportance of the esta- 
blishment which he so ably conducts, 
and which is so intimately connected 
with the prosperity of a country, and 
the diffusion of information among its 
citizens. R. Dinmore. 
Washington, June 1, 1810. 
plait of the inner vest in the centre. > 
T. D. Fossprooke, 
= —E—— Ss ae ss a he — A 
Report of G. Grancer, presented to the House of Representatives of the United 
States, 29th of April, 1810, exhibiting a view of the Post-Office Establishment } 
Jrom the commencement of the year 1789 to the 1st of October, 1809. 
Years, | Motices.” | Bourassa | allarss Cex.” | oF ust reads 
1789 75 37,934 92 1,861 19 —— 
1790 75 46,294 43 3,091 79 eee 
17914 89 67,443 86 5,281 48 
1792 195 104,746 67 5,659 73 5642 
1793 209 128,947 19 9,812 48 11,984 
1794 450 160,629 97 12,261 96 13,207 
1795 453 195,066 88 14,353 21 13,207 
1796 468 913,998 50 15,622 68 16,180 
1797 554 932,977 45 16,035 00 16,180 
1798. .* 639 264,846 17 14,605 22 16,180 
1799 677 280,804 31 16,106 76 20,817 
1800 903 320,442 40 23,362 81 22,309 
1801 1,025 327,044 58 21,657 78 25,315 
1802 1,114 351,822 66 24,084 08 25,315 
1803 1,258 389,449 64 24,231 29 29,556 
1804 1,405 421,373 23 26,179 88 31,076 
1805 1,558 446,105 79 23,416 11 33,431 
1806 1,710 478,762 71 32,092 64 33,755 
1807 1,848 460,564 18 28,676 18. 34,035 
1808 1,944. a 
41809 2,012 375,837 46 18,665 35 34,035 
to Oct. 1 
5,305,093 00 2,866,764, 97 
Remarks. —The blanks are, in consequence of the imperfect state of the books arising from 
jthe infancy of the establishment. 
| The nett revenue of the post-office establishment from its commencement, D.8765,521| 
B4¢rs. : 
A reduction of revenue tovk place, in consequence of the depression and suspension ot; 
commerce, and the expenses of this office for the year 1808 ; and the three first quarters of | 
1809, exceeded the amount of postage due tothe United States; the sum of D.86,706 SScts,} 
which was defrayed out of the funds arising from previous years. 
The increased expenditure beyond the mileage, has arisen from the increased number and{ 
speed of the mails. 
More than 100 Postoffices have been established since October, 1809, and by a late law 
of congress, the extent of post roads.is increased more than 4000 miles; I doubt not, but 
'by the ist of next January, the number of post-offiecs in the United States, will amount} 
}to near 2,500. 
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