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8. COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES, From 1815 to 1853 inclusive, in Tons (95ths not counted).

Enrolled Reg. Tonn. Enrolled and Licensed Tonnage in Tonnage in Registered & licensed in Whale Coasting Cod Mackerel Steam Tonnage. Tonnage. Fishery. 854,294 513,833

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Fishery. Fishery. Navigation

435,066

26,570

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No separate returns of tonnage employed in the mackerel fishery were made by the collectors prior to the year 1830; and none given of steam navigation prior to 1823.

9. Entries and Clearances of American and Foreign Vessels, with their Crews, during the Year ending June 30, 1853.

Whole number of American vessels entered during the year ending
June 30, 1853, from foreign countries,

Whole number of foreign vessels entered from do.,

Total of American and foreign vessels,

9,955

11,722

21,677

Whole number of American vessels cleared for foreign countries, 10,001 Whole number of foreign vessels cleared for do.,

Total of American and foreign vessels, Crews of American vessels entered. Men, 143,091. 144,430.

Crews of foreign vessels entered. Men, 123,053. 124,589.

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Crews of foreign vessels cleared. Men, 120,754. Boys, 1,560. Total,

122,314.

10. NUMBER AND CLASS OF VESSELS BUILT, AND THE TONNAGE THEREOF, IN THE UNITED STATES, FROM 1815 TO 1853, inclusive.

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1. Post-Office Statistics for the Year ending June 30, 1853.

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Length of routes, eight in number, connecting this with foreign} 21,359

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Number of post-offices supplied,

Increase in length of mail routes, since July 1, 1852,

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Increase of inland mail transportation since July 1, 1852, in miles, 2,906,814 Increased cost of transportation,

$555,997 Increase of railroad and steamboat service, 2,235,593 miles, or near 12.8 per cent., at an increased cost of $ 452,362, or near 25.39 per cent.

Do. of coach service, 631,396 miles, or near 3.5 per cent., at an increased cost of $77,972, or near 6.9 per cent.

Do. of service in modes not specified, 39,825 miles, or near 1.43 per cent., at an increased cost of $25,663, or near 2.49 per cent.

Gross revenue for the year,

Total expenditures for the year,

Excess of expenditures over gross revenue,

(For details, see post, page 169.)

$5,940,724.70

$7,982,756.59

$2,042,031.89

During the year, 1,898 new post-offices were established, and 479 were discontinued. 3,850 postmasters were appointed in consequence of resignations; 225 in consequence of deaths; 182 for changes of sites of the offices; 1,898 to new offices; 2,412 by removals; in all, 8,567.

* September 30, 1853, there were in operation 202 railroad routes; aggregate length 13,410 miles; cost of mail transportation thereon, $1,645,432.33, or at the rate of $120.26 per mile of road: adding pay of mail passengers, route and local agents, the whole expense was $1,869,264.78, or $139.386 per mile of road.

At the same time the average cost of steamboat service was $34.45 per mile of route; coach service, $ 22.88 per mile of road; and modes not specified, $7.86 per mile.

†This service is paid partly by the Post-Office Department and partly by the Navy Department. See page 168.

2. Table of Mail Service for the Year ending June 30, 1853.*

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* The entire service and pay are set down to the State under which the route is numbered, though extending into other States, instead of being divided among the States in which each portion of it lies.

†The Baltimore, Wilmington, and Philadelphia Railroad is under a Maryland number. This embraces the steamboat service from St. Louis to New Orleans.

§ This embraces the steamboat service from Louisville to Cincinnati and from Louisville to New Orleans.

This includes the route from New Orleans to Mobile.

¶ This is for service from Panama to Aspinwall, performed by the Panama Railroad Company, at a stipulated price per trip, according to the weight of the mail, and which varies from year to year. The cost of this service for the year ending June 30, 1853, was $85,314.

3. Number of Post-Offices, Extent of Post-Routes, and Revenue and Expenditures of the Post-Office Department; with the Amount paid to Postmasters and for Transportation of the Mail, since 1790.

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* The returns for 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851 are for the six years under the law of March 3, 1815. Those for 1852 and 1853 are for the two years under the new law

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