TABLE NO. XXXIV.
POST OFFICE OPERATIONS IN THE FREE STATES—1855.
| States. | Stamps sold. | Total Postage collected. | Cost of Trans. the mails. |
| California | $81,437 | $234,591 | $135,386 |
| Connecticut | 79,284 | 179,230 | 81,462 |
| Illinois | 105,252 | 279,887 | 280,038 |
| Indiana | 60,578 | 180,405 | 190,480 |
| Iowa | 28,198 | 82,420 | 84,428 |
| Maine | 60,165 | 151,358 | 82,218 |
| Massachusetts | 259,062 | 532,184 | 153,091 |
| Michigan | 49,763 | 142,188 | 148,204 |
| New-Hampshire | 38,387 | 95,609 | 46,631 |
| New-Jersey | 31,495 | 109,697 | 80,084 |
| New-York | 542,498 | 1,383,157 | 481,410 |
| Ohio | 167,958 | 452,643 | 421,870 |
| Pennsylvania | 217,293 | 583,013 | 251,833 |
| Rhode Island | 30,291 | 58,624 | 13,891 |
| Vermont | 36,314 | 92,816 | 64,437 |
| Wisconsin | 33,538 | 112,903 | 92,842 |
| $1,719,513 | $4,670,725 | $2,608,295 |
TABLE NO. XXXV.
POST OFFICE OPERATIONS IN THE SLAVE STATES—1855.
| States. | Stamps sold. | Total Postage collected. | Cost of Trans. the mails. |
| Alabama | $44,514 | $104,514 | 226,816 |
| Arkansas | 8,941 | 30,664 | 117,659 |
| Delaware | 7,298 | 19,644 | 9,243 |
| Florida | 8,764 | 19,275 | 77,553 |
| Georgia | 73,880 | 149,063 | 216,003 |
| Kentucky | 55,694 | 130,067 | 144,161 |
| Louisiana | 50,778 | 133,753 | 133,810 |
| Maryland | 77,743 | 191,485 | 192,743 |
| Mississippi | 31,182 | 78,739 | 170,785 |
| Missouri | 53,742 | 139,652 | 185,096 |
| North Carolina | 34,235 | 72,759 | 148,249 |
| South Carolina | 47,368 | 91,600 | 192,216 |
| Tennessee | 48,377 | 103,686 | 116,091 |
| Texas | 24,530 | 70,436 | 209,936 |
| Virginia | 96,799 | 217,861 | 245,592 |
| $666,845 | $1,553,198 | $2,385,953 |
TABLE NO. XXXVI.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE FREE STATES—1850.
| States. | Number. | Teachers. | Pupils. |
| California | 2 | 2 | 49 |
| Connecticut | 1,656 | 1,787 | 71,269 |
| Illinois | 4,052 | 4,248 | 125,725 |
| Indiana | 4,822 | 4,860 | 161,500 |
| Iowa | 740 | 828 | 29,556 |
| Maine | 4,042 | 5,540 | 192,815 |
| Massachusetts | 3,679 | 4,443 | 176,475 |
| Michigan | 2,714 | 3,231 | 110,455 |
| New Hampshire | 2,381 | 3,013 | 75,643 |
| New Jersey | 1,473 | 1,574 | 77,930 |
| New York | 11,580 | 13,965 | 675,221 |
| Ohio | 11,661 | 12,886 | 484,153 |
| Pennsylvania | 9,061 | 10,024 | 413,706 |
| Rhode Island | 416 | 518 | 23,130 |
| Vermont | 2,731 | 4,173 | 93,457 |
| Wisconsin | 1,423 | 1,529 | 58,817 |
| 62,433 | 72,621 | 2,769,901 |