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During the last fiscal year ending June SO, 1897, the receipts of the Ann Arbor postoffice were $32,385.59. This is exclusive of the inoney order departmeut, vvhich is run as a separate business. The expenditures during this tirue veere $19,414.04, leaving a balance of $12,971.55 which was turned into the United States treasnry. The receipts feil off $166.76 in comparison with the preceding year, the öret three quarters of the past fiscal year each showing a decrraee over the eorreepouding quarter of the preceeding year. The last qnarter, April, May and June, 3 897, however, shows an increase of 405.22 over April, May and June, 1896. During the year ending June 30, 1897, the Ann Arbor postoffice sold 1,693,743 stamps or staraped paper, or at the rate of about niue stamps or stamped euvelopes a minute throughout the year. Of thislarge nurnber, tbere weie 1,156,993 stamps, divided among the various denominations as follows: Ona cent stamps, 205,029; two cent stamps, 910.992; three cent stamps, 7,588; four cent stamps, 4,820; five cent stamps, 9,363; six cent stamps, 5,355; eigbt cent stamps, 4,749; ten cent stamps, 6,175; fifteen cent stamps, 200. Besides these there were 2,722 special delivery stamps sold and 4,170 one cent postage due stamps, 1,850 two cent postage due and 824 five cent postage due stamps nsed. The postal card sales were also namerons, there .being 202,766 one ceüt postáis sold anj 2,493 two cent postáis. There were 36,466 newspaper wrappers sold. The stamped envelope sales were 24,187 one cent envelopes, 251,569 two cent envelopes and 146 five cent envelopes. The number of registered letters and paokages reoeived was 4,651 and the number dispatched 2,896. The number of special delivery lstters received was 2,183. The box rents aruounted to $497.60. The inoney order bnsiness was also a large one. The fees received on orders issned amounted to $531.57 and the orders issued amounted to $49,832.41. The orders paid amoanted to $159,734.97, so that there was ahout 1110,000 more paid out on rnoney orders than was received for orders. Tbere were 9,761 domestic orders issned amouuting to $46,621.89, on which the fees were $479.67. There were 376 foreign orders issned amoanting to $3,210.52 on which the fees were $51.90. There were 21,663 domestic orders paid during the year amounting to 1154,150.21 and 250 foreign orders amnnting to $5,584.76. Every qnarter in the year shows an increase iu the nnmber of domestio orders paid. Prom July to September, 18SI6, iuclusive there were 4,097 orders paid; from Ootober to Deoember, 5,545; from Jannary to March', 1897, 5,792 ; from April to June, 6,229. The periodical postage colleoted during the year on newspapers aud magazines mailed by the publishers amounted to $817.24. This shows that over 40 tons of suoh matter was ruailed out of the county or to snbscribers in the carrier delivery in the city, suoh matter being carried free for delivery in the connty. During the same fiscal year the receipts of the Ypsilanti postoffloe were 14, 355.1? and the expenses $10,610.70, leaving a profit for the government of $3,744.47. The sales of stamps during the year were as follows: One cent Btamps, 113,550; two cent stamps, 404,019; foor cent stamps, 1,647; five cent stamps, 4,820; eight cent stamps, 1,246; ten cent stamps, 2,655; special delivery stamps, 756; oue cent envelopes, 9,607; two cent envelopes, 133,679; postal cards, 65,332; newspaper wrappers, 6,149; periodical postage, $167.72, postage due, $57.98; box rents, $410.25. There were 620 special delivery lettres received and 1,109 legistered letters or packages. The fees on mouey orders amounted to $304.97. There were 5,950 domestic and 78 foreign orders issued amounting in all to $29,656.34. There were 5,075 domestic and 42 foreign orders paid amounting to $47,893.39. The Ypsilanti rnoney order office therefore paid out $18,200 more money in that oity than it sent out of it.