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Show LNCfiEASB ASKED P0R POSTAL DEPARTMENT. -. ' . ' . -. i , WASHINGTON. Jan. a. The postofflce appropriation bill as completed yesterday by the1 House committee carries $153,430,049 against $138,416,598 tinder the current laW. The estimate was $158,010,820. , The principal princi-pal items in the bill are as follows: Railway Rail-way mail service. $38,242,000, Or about $2.-000,00b $2.-000,00b in excess of the current appropriation; appropria-tion; rural free delivery, $12,619,300, which is $5,090,100 more than the current appropriation. appro-priation. The sunj of $800,009 is appropriated appropri-ated for pneumatic tube service. The same subsidies as provided last year are continued by the hew bill. |