Annual Report of the Postmaster General

United States. Post Office Department

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921 - Postal service

Contents

• Introductory: 9
• Appointment of postmasters____: 16
• Post offices and postoffice service: 23
• Mail transportation by railroads__: 39
• Airplane service: 45
• Starroute service_: 51
• Railway Mail Service__: 58
• Working relations with the Joint Postal Commission_: 66
• Welfare department__: 72
• Postal savings______: 84
• Replies to advertisements on which the advertiser desires to pay: 92
• Ascertainment of cost of carrying and handling the mails: 99
• Purchase of supplies___: 107
• Fraudulent enterprises_: 114
• Departmental__: 124
• Statistics____: 132
• Balance sheet showing comparatively the resources and liabili: 138
• Comparative statement of moneyorder business for the fiscal: 147
• Statement of mailings during the fiscal year 1921 at the 50: 152
• Summary of dead mail received__: 158
• Consolidated statement of the performance of the Air Mail: 164
• Starroute service in Alaska authorized service in operation: 168
• Governmentowned motor vehicle service cost of operation: 182
• Comparison of money orders and postal notes issued fiscal years: 188
• Appropriations audited expenditures and available balances: 196
• Gross postal receipts and principal expenses at post offices: 204
• Money orders exchanged between the United States and do: 208
• Appointment of postmasters 11: 11
• Mail transportation by railroads 26: 26
• Mail transportation by power boats 32: 32
• Governmentoperated star service 38: 38
• Highway improvement___ 57: 57
• Mail robberies____ 122: 122
• Railway Mail Service 29: 29
• Universal Postal Congress 37: 37
• Importance of proper address and return card on mail 43: 43
• Post route and other maps 51: 51
• Post office inspectors service_ 57: 57
• Recommendations for legislationContinued Page: 61
• Page: vi
• Postal finances 7: 7
• Mail transportation by railroads and mail messenger service_ 24: 24
• Rural mail service 33: 33
• New York mail facilities__ 38: 38
• Secondclass matter 48: 48
• Senders receipts for ordinary parcels_ 55: 55
• Engineering activities__ 61: 61
• Departmental 73: 73
• Inquiries concerning registered insured or collectondelivery mail__ 79: 79

Bibliographic information

• Title: Annual Report of the Postmaster General
• Author: United States. Post Office Department
• Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: May 2, 2009