P. O. Business

Ex-Postmaster, E. E. Beal, lias kept ccount of the business of the post office or the past four years of his incumbency vith the following totals: BECEIPTS. f ay 7, 1890 to April 1, 1891 $ 22,891 72 pril 1, 18SII " " 1, 1892,.. 26,835 46 April 1, 1892 " " I, 1893 29,115 48 April 1, 1693 " May 30, 1894, 38,666 45 Total receipts Í1W.509 06 The expenses of the office were $59,519.5, and the net, profit to the governinent n Ann Arbor's post office was $52,998.1. One of the most nteresting items is he amounts sent away in money orders and postal notes, as contrasted with hat sent here from outside. ïhe figures are as follows : ■ B ORDERS AND NOTES ISSUED. May 7, '90-May 1. '91 $45,546 66 " 1, '9i_ " 1, '92 48,68Ü 79 . 1 '92- " 1,'B8 47,640 35 ' 193- " 30, '94 - 57,970 80 199,838 60 15? PAID, May 7, '90-May 1, '91 $115,252 98 " 1, '91- " 1, '92 121,750 87 " 1, '92- " - 1,'93 126,696 88 " 1, '93- " 30, '94 150,188 S9 513,889 32 This shows over $314,000 more in orders and notes paid than were issued in four years, or nearly $80,000 a year. The two-cent stamps sold by postmaster Beal numbered 3,008,359.