Note 28 — REASONS WHY GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO COMPETITION WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE OPERATION OF THE TELEGRAPH.
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The postal revenue for the year ending June 30th, 1868, was $16,292,600.80, and the expenditures during the same period $22,730,592.65, showing an excess of expenditures of $6,337,991.85. From the report of the Postmaster-General.