Increase In Post Office Receipts

The receipts at the slamp win. luw o the Aun Arbor postoffice liiriii; the year end ing September 30, 1895, wen $31,308.5:;. This is an increase of $2,742.38 over tlie receipts fdr the year ending September 38, 1894, when the receipts were $28,656.15. The gain foi tlie last quarter, the summer qaarter, was $719.24 over the summer quarter of 1894, an increase of over 13 per rent in receipts. The amount remitted to the United States Treasury alter paying all the expenses of the Ann Arbor office was, during the year, f I. ',647.80. AVhile the stamp sales are growing the box rente have been falling off, owing to the extensión of the delivery system. During the past year the box rents amounted to $554.45 as. against $720.85 for the previous year. From the sale of waste paper, $8.55 was realized last year as against $1.76 the previous 3'ear. The receipts for September of this year were $2,374.56 as against $2,003. S4 for September of 1894, an increase of $370.72 or eighteen aud a half per cent. Every month shows an increase over the corresponding month of the preceding year. - Argus.