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31,680 | |
Number of money-order offices in operation, 1903 .. . | 34,547 |
Number of domestic money orders issued, 1903 | 45,941,681 |
Amount of domestic orders issued, 1903............ | $353,627,648.03 |
Amount of orders paid and repaid, 1903............ | 353,173,320.52 |
Excess of receipts over expenses, paid from the proceeds, 1903............. | 1,904,887.63 |
 
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