Madison Square Station $ 5,458,705.90 Grand Central Station 4,582,718.87 Wall Street Station 2,815,963.56 Station "D" 2,354,165.33 Times Square Station 2,323,791.88 West 43d Street Station 1,742,125.04 Station "P" 1,688,795.83 Station "G" 1,540,499.66 Station "O" 1,523,785.14 Station "F" 1,432,161.03 Station "S" 1,192,883.02 Station "A" 1,138,459.07 In addition to the actual receipts of the various stations, made up by the sale of stamps, etc., as described, their financial transactions incident to the money-order and postal-savings business are tremendous, as will later be shown in detail under the heading "Division of Money-Orders" and "Postal Savings"; suffice it to say here that the City Hall Station issued last year money-orders to the value of $3,183,209, and the Madison Square Station money-orders to the value of $2,004,273, while Station "B" had to the credit of its postal-savings depositors $6,786,622, Tompkins Square Station, $5,580,389, and Station "U," $4,595,974. How greatly the business of the stations has grown is evidenced by the fact that in 1875 the gross receipts for the year amounted to but $3,166,946.19, which is less than the receipts for one month at the present time, the receipts for last July amounting to $3,821,095.94. To those who are now enjoying the advantage of free delivery service it seems that it is the natural thing, and it is difficult for them to realize how a busy community could get along without it, yet as a matter of fact it was not established until 1863, when it was experimentally installed in forty-nine cities, with but 449 carriers, which number is about a seventh of those employed at the present time in New York alone. The number of stations has also increased rapidly. In 1889 there were but eighteen classified stations and twenty contract stations in New York, while to-day, as previously mentioned, there are forty-eight of the former, two financial, and 271 contract stations authorized, and also forty-one Warship Branches. _Foreign Mail for City Delivery_ The receipts of foreign mail from Europe is increasing very rapidly. During the month of July, 1922, there was received for delivery in New York City from foreign countries 3,372,767 letters and 2577 sacks of foreign papers. [Illustration: _Few people who hasten through the New York General Post Office building notice its architectural beauty of design and perspective._]