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Show POSTOFFICE SUPPLIES. Some idea of the quantity of material used by the postal service may be gained when it is stated that during last year the division furnished 925,-000,000 925,-000,000 yards of twine, 3,260,000 pens, 283,000 penholders, pen-holders, 650,000 pencils and 2,600,000 blank cards. To wrap the bundles 5,400,000 sheets of wrapping paper were used. Blank forms are furnished by the millions. Of the form "Application for Domestic Money Order," which is seen in the lobby of every postoffice, there were 161,V70,000 used last year, and during the same period 69,034 rubber stamps were manufactured and supplied to postoffices. Assistant Assist-ant Postmaster General De Graw, in National Magazine. |