The Massachusetts Spy, And Worcester County Advertiser

Massachusetts Spy

Worcester:
Wednesday, March 1, 1826.

Post-Offices.
We have been favored with the annual return made by the Postmaster General to Congress, of the nett amount of revenue accruing from each of the Post-Offices in the United States, after deducting the Postmaster's compensation, &c.
From the return, we have selected a list of the Post-Offices in this County, believing it will be gratifying to the curiosity of many of our readers.
They will, we believe, with us, be surprised to find, that, although there are two Post-Offices in Leicester, yet the one in the village pays more than twice as much as any other Office in the County, except that in Worcester, and nearly three times as much as any except those of Worcester and Lancaster. We have been led to notice this fact, more particularly in consequence of a discussion which has recently taken place in one of the Boston papers, relative to the granting of new Bank charters, in which the Committee on Banks was censured for reporting in favor of a charter for one at Leicester, and rejecting petitions for them in several other places.
The ground of objection was, that there was no business in Leicester to support a Bank.
We are aware that the amount of postage accruing at different Offices is no certain test of the relative business of the places. Yet, it must be evident, that, under ordinary circumstances, a large amount will not accrue unless there is considerable business to occasion it.

Ashburnham	$56	30	Oakham	$28	78
Athol	64	79	Oxford	75	72
Barre	88	84	Paxton	24	68
Blackstone	4	68	Petersham	62	45
Bolton	74	71	Phillipston	40	11
Brookfield	124	20	Princeton	58	29
Charlton	43	51	Royalston	59	67
Dana	14	98	Rutland	43	65
Douglas	40	39	Shrewsbury	112	76
Dudley	68	36	Southborough	32	59
Fitchburg	89	04	Southbridge	110	02
Grafton	110	59	S. Leicester	17	33
Hardwick	72	84	Spencer	65	18
Harvard	63	04	Sterling	45	33
Holden	48	50	Sturbridge	56	60
Hubbardston	37	43	Sutton	63	65
Lancaster	157	79	Templeton	92	00
Leicester	335	50	Upton	67	77
Leominster	113	88	Uxbridge	90	24
Lunenburg	65	38	Uxbridge S.	2	85
Mendon	125	05	Westboro	104	86
Millford	77	66	W. Boylston	63	92
Milford Centre	14	79	W. Brookfield	120	67
Millbury	108	87	Western	80	30
New-Braintree	63	07	Westminster	84	61
Northborough	83	14	Winchendon	30	06
Northbridge	53	68	Worcester	713	11