Some Postal Figures

According to the post offioe department estirnates, tfais conntry will nse nest year of ordinary stamps, 3,444,167,000, of newspaper and peiiodial stamps 6,462,000, and of postage dne stamps 21,168,000. Of the ordinary stamps 2,500,000,000 are of the 2-cent denomination and 5,000,000 are of the 10-cent special delivery series. The new standard postal card will be a trifle smaller than the oard now in nse, so that it can be inclosed in bnsi ness envelopes of ordinary size. The new library oards will be issued in reponse to the general demand of librarans for a card suitable for indexing by card catalogue. Two hundred and ifty million of these cards will be provided for, and 1,800,000,000 of the tandard cards.