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Show POSTOFFIGE RECEIPTS SH0WB1GJNCREASE Business lor Month of February Febru-ary 'IVenty-Fjve Per Cent Greater. According to the monthly report of Postmaster Arthur L. Thomas, there was an increase of more than 2."5 per cent, iu the slump, postal card and stamped envelope business transacted at the loc.'jJ post ol lice lor the month of February, Feb-ruary, ISM 0. over the corresponding month of last year. For the month just passed the receipts re-ceipts from stamp sales were ...Sl'J.l 0. against '20,011.10 last year, an .increase of .-t'JTflS; from the sale of cards, ifDuO, as against ;?."S0, an increase of :f.",o0: from the sale of envelopes, $liS'J 1.115, as against .:U50J. Ill last year, au increase of $0120.(57. or a total increase for February, Feb-ruary, Hill), over February, lti(j!, of $0276.67. or L'j.s:! per ecni. |