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Show P0ST0FFICE NOW : ON PAYING BASIS WASHINGTON, May V. For the first time In the hlatnry of the anrvice. It la said, the dehVit In the pos toff ice department depart-ment haa been entirely wiped out and 91,000,000 surplus for the current fiscal year ending June 10 is in the treasury to the department's credit. Postmaster General Hitchcock last night signed a warrant returning to the secretary of the treasury t. 000,000. the last of the amount set apart from the public funds to aaslst In defraying the expenses of the postal service for the preaent year. Reforms In the financial syatem. ft la aaid, have made the refund noeaible. An accounting plan, which was adopt- 1 ed about a year aao. tnaures the prompt1 deposit In the treasury of postal fun.t not required for disbursement at post-offices, post-offices, thus making available for use hv the post office leveral millions of dollars that, under the former practice, would be tied up In post offices. ITnder the old system It required approximately 110.-000,000 110.-000,000 to finance the poetofflce. In making mak-ing the refund. Mr. Hitchcock said he waa satisfied the postal revenues would be more than sufficient to defray the postal expenses during the rest of tho fiscal year, and that July 1 would show a sur-plue sur-plue of more than 11.000.000. |