The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-03
Increase Over Last Year Amounts
to 10 $40 Per Cent.
Interesting Statistics Gathered Ye.ter-
Through the PO,tOffice Here-An
Immense Money Order Business i
Also Observation-Disclosures in Force
May be Granted.

June the thirtieth each year ends
the governments fiscal year. and then
it is that figures can be gathered
from government departments and in
situations that show the amount OF
business transacted and from which
comparisons with former years can be
made.
1t is a trism that there is no fairer
indicator of a city's development than
the receipts shown by its pOstofice. as
the greater volume of mail necessarily
implies a greater volume Of business
With this fact in mind it is a matter
OF general pride that the receipts Of
pOstOfice for this city show a tre-
mendOus business done, and a large
increase over that transacted in form
er years.
The figures given in this article
were compiled last night by Postmas-
ter Wallace and they show accurately
the sales at the Wilmington Office up
to six o'clock last evening.
Figures were gotten Tor the month of
June, the quarter ending June Goth,
and the fiscal year which has just
closed, and also for the corresponding
periods a cal ago, from which state
ment a correct knowledge of the in
crease in the volume of business can
be gained.
For the month of June 1905, the
sales amounted to S.. 6 4,42;fo 1906,
they amounted to $6,644, 60-which
shows an increase for the month of
s5SO.1S or II 2-5 per cent.
For the quarter ending June 30th
1905, the sales amounted to SIS, 626, 50;
for the same period 1906. they aggre-
gated $19, S7O.11. This increase amounts
to S1,243.73 or Z per cent.
The volume of business for fiscal
year 1905 amounted to S71.394.21 and
for the year closing yesterday $S3,O35-
for the year closing yesterday So, O35-
80, an increase of $11, 641.59 a Is $40
per cent.
A record for several years at the
office here shows that there is always
a smaller increase for the last quarter
of the fiscal year than during any
other quarter. This is always the
slackest season at the pOStOfice, a
condition probably local in it's applica-
ton.
The figures given above apply only
to the sales of the Office here, which
practically represents the amount Of
mail business going through the local
office. There is no method of finding
out accurately the amount of incoming
business, but the principle in use is
hat the outgoing mail is equalled by
the incoming mail-so fgues for one
CON ho or,I;oI with n fo-n 1oupoo Of
accuracy to the other.
The authorities at Washington now
have under consideration the granting
of additional force-both carrier and
clerical-to the office here. This is
made almost absolutely necessary by
the amount Of business now being
done.
The force now numbers p men, Is of
these being clencaI and II carriers
During the past seven years. the time
of WilmingtOn'S recent and most en-
cOuraging advancement. the business
done here has more than doubled, the
increase amounting to nearly 10S
per cent,
MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
Further interesting figures were Civ
III ouI 1tSI uISAI NoA%Ct iiAS la
moun of business done in the money
oder department of the postofice.
During the year there were 1852
money orders issued, for a total sum
Of S139,02S.67. and on which the fees
amounted to s1,066.14.
There were ASS International money
orders issued, calling for toltal sum %
6 S,265. so, and on which fees of 067.Sl
were collected.
The number of money orders paid at
the Wilmington Office was 11,O67, Tue
amount Of money being S~155,7S2.2f-
Remittances from other postoffices
to the office here reached the aggre-
gate of 1926. 002.57