Show I POSTAL BUSINESS Record for Year Shows healthy Increase In-crease Over Preceding Periods Washington As a business institution Institu-tion the postottlce department next to the United States treasury Is the greatest In the government According Accord-ing to figures submitted by Charles P i Granfleld first assistant postmaster general for the fiscal year ended June f 30 100 made public Saturday In his i i annual report the grows revenue of i the postal service reached the enormous enor-mous total of 203rG23S an Increase i I of 12081720 or fiSl per cent over the preceding year There were 7202 I presidential postofflces on July 1 iJU9 Of this number 398 were tlrst class an increase of tl 1707 were second class an Increase of 112 and 5097 I I were third class an Increase of 2150 The total Increase in the number of I presidential offices was 35C There were 1111 post off ices established during dur-ing the year and 2001 I were discontinued discon-tinued leaving a total of G0l 11 t post offices in operation on June 30 1909 During the year 1G2G postmasters I were appointed at presidential offices I offi-ces At fourthclass offices 9101 postmasters post-masters were appointed I |