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What postage the various cities pay.

--Some very accurate tables of the postage paid by the various cities of the Union have been published. The following table, from the Auditor's report of the Post-Office Department, (the latest published,) shows the nett proceeds of the post-offices below mentioned, for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1859:

New York$549,060.64Louisville$25,323.24
Philadelphia$188,085.80Richmond24,603.92
Boston169,993.60Albany24,306.07
San Francisco111,466.15Buffalo19,314.98
New Orleans108,556.15Memphis14,656.11
Baltimore88,222.96Wilmington12,818.54
Cincinnati76,592.64Nashville12,738.53
St. Louis75,144.91Detroit10,220.93
Charleston35,647.63Washington9,436.12
Chicago29,641.27

The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardice & Hammerers. Richmond. March 15, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proudest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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