1 Effective July 1, 1945, Public Law 134 placed clerks at third-class offices on an annual salary and hourly rate pay basis. Prior to that date they were considered as individual
employees of postmasters who paid them on an allowance basis authorized by the Department without regard to any fixed compensation or hours of duty. For the years 1926-45
the estimated number of these employees is included as part-time employees based on the ratio of 1.5 employees to each third-class office, which ratio is indicated by the employment
reports for 1946 and 1947.

? Effective July 1, 1945, Public Law 134 placed special-delivery messengers at first-class offices on an annual salary and hourly rate pay basis. Prior to that date such messengers
were considered as individual employees of the postmasters and were paid for their services on a fee basis. For the years 1926-45 the estimated number of such employees is included
with part-time employees based on the number of specials delivered each year divided by approximately 18,300 delivered per employee, which ratio is indicated by the employment
reports for 1946 and 1947.

3 Prior to October 1933 the operating force for public buildings housing post offices and other Government agencies was on the rolls of the Treasury Department. On that date
the personnel was transferred to the Post Office Department. The number of public buildings since the transfer date has increased approximately 110 percent. The decrease in the
full-time operating force employees in 1946 was due to the fact that a large number of charmen and charwomen who regularly work less than 8 hours per day and are paid on an hourly
rate basis were transferred from this group where they were formerly included to a group of part-time employees.
4 48-hour workweek for full-time field employees.

12 43.19 percent increase in total employees from 1926 to June 30, 1917. Workweek reduced 16.67 percent and mail volume and special service transactions increased 47.97 percent during this period. Source: Office of Budget and Administrative Planning.

Recapitulation of allocations and apportionments of postal revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year 1947 to the classes of mail and special services

1 Expenditures (column 3 heading). No amounts included for additional compensation to railroads due to increased rates resulting from petition filed with Interstate Commerce Commission, Feb. 19, 1947, or for temporary rates on air routes in Alaska, set by the Civil Aeronautics Board after June 30, 1947.

2 Air mail to and from the armed forces overseas and outlying possessions of the United States included with air mail domestic for 1947 included with air mail foreign in prior years. Expenditurse also include $11,880,429 for estimated additional cost of permanent rates pending establishment by the Civil Aeronautics Board on June 30, 1947, and also $4,418,703, the estimated cost of transportation of domestic air mail over foreign air mail routes.

3 Includes $77,355 revenue from second class application fees.

4 Includes $991,008 revenue from special handling service.

Revenue and expenditures for air mail to and from armed forces overseas included with domestic air mail. Expenditures include $10,640,357 for estimated additional cost of permanent rates pending establishment by the Civil Aeronautics Board on June 30, 1947.

Includes $64,208 receipts from foreign countries for handling foreign mail in transit through the United States, and $259,909 revenue from miscellaneous special services in connection with foreign mail.

7 Includes $1,181,279 revenue from return receipts for registered mail.

Includes $39,432 revenue from return receipts for insured mail.

Recapitulation of allocations and apportionments of postal revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year 1947 to the classes of mail and special services-Continued

• Includes $559,749 from fees collected for issuance of money orders and miscellaneous money-order expenses.

NOTE. The above segregations of the computed total expenditures chargeable to second class, fourth class, foreign, penalty and franked matter, and to registry service, and of the revenues from fourth-class matter have been developed by processes of approximation.

Present and proposed rates and estimated additional revenue therefrom, based on 1947 volume of business

Letters and parcels..
Postal and post cards.
Publishers' second-class mail:
Outside county of publication:
Reading portion of zone rate
publications, and publications
having 5 percent or less adver-
tising.

Publications of nonprofit reli-
gious, educational, scientific,
philanthropic, agricultural,
labor, or fraternal organiza-
tions or associations.
Advertising portion of zone rate
publications.

Within county of publication.
Second-class transient mail.

1 Based on volume handled and current trend.

2 Minimum charge of 3 cents required on pieces of odd size or form.

Present and proposed rates and estimated additional revenue therefrom, based on 1947 volume of business-Continued