REPORT ON EXCHANGES. 



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for domestic distributiou, and these were sent out through the United 

 States Post-Otiice. The remainder was for foreign and Government 

 distribution, requiring 092 paciiing-boxes with a bulk of 4,122 cubic feet. 



The total number of entries were, for domestic exchanges 20,590, and 

 for the toreign branch 51,917 entries. 



The lodger shows 9,561 running accounts, of which 7,390 are with cor- 

 respondents abroad and 2,105 with domestic establishments and individ- 

 uals. 



For foreign transmission J 5,298 invoices required to be written, of 

 which 12,430 were returned properly receipted, and which had to be 

 credited on the respective accounts. Of domestic invoices 4,924 were 

 returned by consignees and entered. 



Letters received during the year 1,131, and 1,217 were written. 



In the following table I beg to give a detailed statement of the 

 amount of work performed during each mouth of the year: 



Wo7'Jc performed during the fiscal year 1880-'87. 



H. Mis. 600- 



