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Show i Registered Letters Utau's Record, r The report of the poatmaiter geu-, geu-, eral for the fiscal yoar ending June ; 30, 1S76, gives a statement of the number of loiters registered in each . stale and territory. The largest num , bor was registered in New York. s G02.199, aud tho smallest in Alaska, I IGlJ. Utah's number ia 17,432, which exceeds the number registered in Wyoming, Washington territory, Now Mexico, Montana, Indian territory, Idaho, Dakota, Arizona, Alaska, : Rhode Island aud Delaware respectively, respect-ively, and nearly. approaches those of I Florida, Nevada and Oregon. Oil- 1 orado registered 28,620. i The losses of registered matter '. have been very small. Of the total i number of letters transmitted only 1 1,010, or about one in 4,000, were i absolutely lost. These losses occurred i from various causes; some by robbers i of the mail,others by burning of postal i cars and postoflices; moat of them by 1 unavoidable casualties to the service, 1 and no trace of the letters or their contents ever obtained. Four million seven thousand eight hundred and , seventeen letters were registered 1 during the year, and fees received thereon amoanted to $335,416.60. |