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John A. Bingham to Hamilton Fish, January 18, 1870
No. 187. Mr. Bingham to Mr. Fish.
United States Legation, Japan, Tokei, January 18, 1870. (Received March 3.)
No. 325.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith in duplicate the fourth report of the postmaster-general of Japan for the half fiscal year which ended June 30, 1875.
The report, you will observe, shows that in the postal service for the empire (exclusive of fines and the revenues derived from mail-steamers, &c.) the expenditures for the half fiscal year exceed the revenues but $59,629.03, or 23⅓ per cent.; that the mail routes equal 26,625 English miles, and that the mail-transmissions equal 12,289,878 letters, &c., for the half-year.
I have the honor, &c.,
JNO. A. BINGHAM.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.