Payable in the United States (which includes Guam, Hawaii, Porto Rico and Tutuila, Samoa); also for Orders payable in Canada, Cuba, Newfoundland, the United States Postal Agency at Shanghai (China), the Philippine Islands, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and St. Vincent.

For Orders for sums not exceeding $2.50, 3 cents.

Over $2.50 and not exceeding .$5.00, 5 cents.

Over $5.00 and not exceeding $10.00, 8 cents.

Over $10.00 and not exceeding $20.00. 10 cents.

Over $20.00 and not exceeding $30.00, 12 cents.

Over $30.00 and not exceeding $40.00, 15 cents.

Over $40.00 and not exceeding $50.00, 18 cents.

Over $50.00 and not exceeding $60.00, 20 cents.

Over $60.00 and not exceeding $75.00, 25 cents.

Over $75.00 and not exceeding $100.00, 30 cents.

Note

The maximum amount for which a single Money Order may be issued is $100. When a larger sum is to be sent additional Orders must be obtained. Any number of Orders may be drawn on any Money Order office; but, if Orders are drawn in excess of $200 on any one day upon an office of the 4th class, notice of the fact by letter (or Form 6037) is to be promptly sent the Department by the issuing Postmaster so that provision may be made for payment.

Of The World.

Samples of merchandise.

Total of preceding columns, adding free matter, etc.

Ordinary Packages.

Money orders.

Number of Letter Boxes.

Number of Employees.

Number.

Value in Dollars.

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

See Col. 4

319,119,054

2,130,321

2,519

6,163

See Col. 5

333,558,972

1,099,384

2,165,016

16,761,631

7,878

15,492

14,449,000

836,380,800

25,751,600

25,833,578

237,803,784

30,996

58,888*

4,782,544

453,433,761

3,412,268

1,525,197

36,898,771

8,500

7,371

1,623

1,231,264

18,373

457

921

See Col. 4

554,156,454

1,621,646

13,640,140

86,551,999

51,347

60,174*

50,830

22,226,790

110,371

225,243

4,207,871

2,412

1,781*

58,404

58,805,378

584,986

329,282

3,598,348

1,130

2,175

6,736

3,844,132

63,482

162

215

121,360

11,893,177

10,624

64,710

2,076,036

1,111

767

293,720

83,761,851

2,685,320

2,616,660

17,938,179

10,531

7,011

8,139

1,329,444

112

132

110,000

25,150,000

200,500

503,500

12,584,000

1,317

1,590

51,024,069

2,113,656,692

44,638,979

43,473,736

304,135,418

68,156

81,659*

46,997,370

3,781,632,920

183,994,828

159,117,020

2,390,185,643

126,481

241,967*

See Col. 5

4,053,600,000

87,014,292

104,201,954

357,210,065

58,873

183,595*

2,170,864

290,196,722

9,316,406

15,857,701

157,812,182

11,237

22,582*

10,021,951

747,040,295

9,243,969

15,295,051

200,800,478

23,760

30,925*

2,781,546

882,765,664

9,519,910

9,203,258

47,752,424

51,058

57,965*

664,662

120,887,017

251,556

920,824

41,811,849

1,142

10,477

1,802,204

311,406,621

4,537,142

4,159,398

24,616,865

4,583

8,364

164,400

43,830,800

334,500

289,722

6,050,873

4,070

3,673

697,515

60,208,773

253,806

296,410

4,082,509

6,097

6,525*

369,845

43,643,104

133,514

860,694

5,951,183

4,903

6,886*

3,510,005

591,932,272

2,495,802

16,916,041

377,446,238

21,065

57,962*

915,180

350,692,763

8,979

5,293

623,510

132,704,875

983,668

3,078,112

24,764,948

5,648

8,246

385,545

198,682,821

18,045,172

6,472,827

133,719,746

10,349

12,324

84,798,683

8,002,652,596

40,474,327

325,925,666

129,335

239,652

32,116

18,801,025

9,800

38,174

4,204,775

1,016

1,582

post office and telegraph officials.

Foreign postal matter sent out.

Number of letters.

Number of post cards.

Printed matter.

5

Commercial papers.

6

Samples of merchandise.

7

Total, including free matter.

8

Money orders.

Postage prepaid.

1

Not prepaid.

2

Single 3

With reply paid.

4

Number 9

Value in dollars.

10

Argentine Republic ....

4,686,577

See col. 1

171,025

See col. 3

2,282,204

See col. 5

See col. 5

7,144,691

89,161

Australasia

15,502,463

See col. 1

See col. 1

See col. 1

14,976,730

4,214,096

See col. 6

35,106,910

365,831

5,111,983

Austria

124,528,390

1,401,490

53,982,640

868,110

39,091,530

310,240

6,537,460

229,262,820

3,576,703

50,816,968

Belgium

25,430,678

196,703

8,843,185

50,479

22,204,728

290,290

1,488,422

58,595,551

502,297

5,322,398

Bolivia

154,208

1,140

7,487

91

60,591

1,690

366

228,498

Bulgaria

909,972

62,272

522,438

3,184

405,466

5,074

32,842

1,990,302

68,851

2,181,104

Chili.................

1,584,259

22,251

39,629

305

1,705,864

240

5,675

3,454,317

4,556

32,134

Costa Rica............

109,040

11,381

118,870

1,490

244,249

Cuba.................

1,616,729

9,128

178,326

96,300

55,030

21,644

1,999,093

32,693

678,113

Denmark

7,285,924

41,010

1,812,480

23,088

1,640,760

35,996

174,444

11,013,702

195,616

1,947,634

Dominican Republic . . .

57,920

3,813

3,953

See col. 3

10,120

425

76,231

Egypt................

3,015,000

40,000

420,000

5,000

1,500,000

15,000

100,000

5,100,000

112,000

1,976,000

France

71,921,364

487,500

3,065,808

113,143

76,814,171

837,294

5,647,705

158,886,985

1,875,680

18,855,293

Germany.............

130,554,980

1,516,550

36,489,670

357,330

66,254,950

728,200

7,456,740

243,937,970

2,908,116

28,256,389

Great Britain..............

686,740

9,523,196

Hungary............

24,406,854

983,788

14,238,952

33,384

5,024,266

3,432

648,648

46,745,944

3,540,613

45,231,893

India, British.........

6,021,981

See col. 1

See col. 1

See col. 1

2,920,279

See col. 5

See col. 5

8,942,260

114,982

1,931,883

Italy.................

26,558,615

1,789,318

3,990,808

112,938

7,953,757

199,788

1,346,238

42,032,857

221,277

2,352,639

Japan

3,460,633

26,169

959,840

4,798

2,125,612

24,667

101,374

6,776,575

8,381

126,380

Mexico............

7,081,946

40,004

139,730

4,649

5,769,238

See col. 5

205,324

13,316,256

14,958

479,196

Netherlands................

13,620,907

194,430

5,303,677

64,922

8,673,815

118,834

1,481,757

29,491,093

321,427

2,569,450

Norway..................

4,446,884

69,293

767,546

2,821

1,014,441

34,047

64,935

6,425,707

158,936

1,243,609

Portugal.............

3,701,776

142,845

622,149

1,357

3,676,176

70,652

76,336

8,296,841

16,577

113,070

Roumania............

4,011,212

232,580

2,530.331

20,376

1,474,714

103,177

456,535

8,882,806

359,801

3,203,887

Russia..........

22,140,299

1,180,710

8,678,178

422,382

7,795,650

384,604

1,326,859

41,928,691

14,535

239,091

Spain.............

19,107.072

207,384

2,287,278

7,152

17,596,768

62,390

475,542

39,751,296

Sweden...........

6,528,950

393,900

1,465,777

3,055

1,337,232

46,345

77,805

9,891,050

202, 783

1,805,450

Switzerland...............

20,789,204

416,989

19,981,009

60,685

10,800,851

163,538

1,489,185

53,823,555

1,065,976

8,228,494

United States of

America

79,200,022

1,568,892

5,737,464

56,604

97,497,965

343,814

1,444,790

186,370,315

1,311,111

23,600,491

Uruguay............................

971,364

19,001

126,595

3,918,436

1,064

6,690

5,045,258

2,606

49,898

Foreign postal matter received.

Number of letters.

Number of post cards.

Printed matter.

5

Commercial papers.

6

Samples of merchandise.

7

Total, including free matter. 8

Money orders.

Postage prepaid.

1

Not prepaid.

2

Single. 3

With reply paid.

4

Number. 9

Value in dollars.

10

Argentine Republic ....

13,511,247

See col. 1

36,006

See col. 3

10,209,011

See col. 5

See col. 5

23,762,298

Australasia..............

17,577,805

See col. 1

See col. 1

See col. 1

16,657,084

2,233,228

See col. 6

38,015,821

396,877

5,313,869

Austria

119,405,590

1,101,650

60,874,670

667,570

24,252,060

192.520

5,442,990

214,334,340

5,009,384

61,947,412

Belgium

20,337,668

482,196

7,838,636

20,644

14,464,320

284,856

1,538,784

45,062,212

441,953

5,277,914

Bolivia

193,594

2,234

13,509

101

259,909

37,037

6,759

515,141

British India

6,865,258

See col. 1

See col. 1

See col. 1

9,281,797

See col. 5

See col. 5

16,147,055

263,270

4,660.721

Bulgaria

1,345,504

67,662

724,742

10,572

1,276,084

15,642

76,078

3,555,878

41,351

402.397

Chili.................

2,001,052

28,046

98,145

5,451

4,266,586

1,527

67,635

6,539,467

994

33,212

Costa Rica

197,862

11,298

247,148

3,821

460,583

Cuba

3,537,420

1,896

114,121

2,185,400

1,826,361

635,836

8,316,692

9,019

240,161

Denmark

6,693,308

42,948

1,872,420

7.080

2,361,356

56,144

423,352

11,456,608

246,067

1,724,828

Dominican Republic .. .

106,230

7,319

5,377

See col. 3

104,087

2,838

225,851

Egypt................

3,315,000

70,000

356,000

4,000

3,400,000

20,000

80,000

7,250,000

13,900

282,100

France

66,809,935

483,611

2,836,641

122,179

40,491,570

641,451

2,870,703

114,256,090

1,714,945

28,290,545

Germany

123,450,700

1,354,880

34,961,840

245,410

59,234,080

682,500

8,003,450

228,447,000

3.916,215

39,061,374

Great Britain

Included in figures on Int. service.

2,910,306

27,911,268

Hungary

27,189,624

338,286

15,545,478

40,222

8,046,922

3,198

820,804

53,346,932

2,591,239

31,824,739

Italy.........

25,941,120

1,355,326

3,436,230

125,500

8,122,360

183,540

1,395,615

40,662,995

1,008,874

11,780,269

Japan

4,011,770

41,437

849,004

3,709

1,840,648

20,469

153,111

7.010.517

51,870

1,963,742

Mexico

5,511,488

107,163

340,542

6,096

25,465,222

See col. 5

438,672

31,953,199

9,587

450,699

Netherlands

16,392,106

311,690

5.979,227

45,497

10,427,707

109,984

1,096,126

34,390,463

373,467

3,655,379

Norway..............

6,794,500

77,300

1,059,400

3,500

2,567,000

24,300

294,500

10,827,500

113,039

1,856,273

Portugal

3,956,190

41,185

422,466

2,028

2,642,498

92,762

156,305

7,330,100

19,319

429,118

Roumania............

5,180,241

285,700

2,195,910

16,828

3,002,292

67,778

327,016

11,098,392

61,247

701,245

Russia

26,815,766

473,426

9,432,729

325,846

15,125,101

389,037

1,755,096

54,317,001

72,010

1,763,130

Spain

12,431,394

138,126

1,941,136

10,746

23,263,500

68,862

482,322

38,350,414

Sweden

11,004.586

125,896

1,802,953

2,756

3,675,479

28,899

454,168

17,134,842

201,186

3,311,638

Switzerland............

22,742,759

966,524

12,506,689

49,397

15,367,755

154,986

1,384,721

53,257,968

635,454

5,833,775

United States of

America

67,537,159

3,445,889

4,523,430

45,583

48,534,193

124,414

1,213,343

125,933,172

307,679

6,032,881

Uruguay.............

1,389,997

50,372

140,728

4,266,552

454,644

49,323

6,352,746

Note

This table does not include transit matter and matter sent out.

- From Reports of the Universal International Postal Union.

Fees For Money Orders 187

Copyright, 1904, by Munn & Co.

Comparison Of The Postal Service Of The World.