Table XV.
Profit and Loss on the yearly working of the Post Office.
Year Profit Loss 1894 $8,820.27 1895 $50,209.44 1896 $56,999.16 1897 $61,536.20 1898 $95,618.47 1899 $80,006.60 1900 $90,340.25 1901 $82,227.23 1902 $70,826.07 1903 $80,689.80 1904 $91,702.36 1905 $170,611.06 1906 $60,969.96 1907 $78,968.45 1908 $40,945.43 1909 $66,683.41 1910 $48,082.19 1911 $23,050.82 1912 $104,187.20 1913 $183,398.14 1914 $26,780.32 1915 $35,151.25 1916 $93,606.00 1917 $144,655.04 1918 $271,025.19 $1,638,195.63 $478,894.68The average annual working profit for the last 25 years has therefore been just under $46,500.