Each year thereafter the post office has
expanded without check, and the best
testimony to Its success and to the effi
ciency of Ite management will be found
In the financial results. Whereas In 1911
the administration worked at a loss,
figures for 1918 show a surplus ol
$1,907,000, and for 1919 of <2,440,000.
About half tho surplus la devoted to
capital expenditure, on buildings, steam
and motor launches, motor lorries, and
on other conveniences connected with
postal work. Most of the rwpa1n<W Is
applied toward wiping out the eonuld -
able deficit Incurred during tho period
when the service was In Its Infancy. It
' Is satisfactory to record that paymont
on this account Is nearly complete and
| that no far an Impecunious Government
j has not laid hands on the surplus,
i ?
A Bargain by Mistake.
from Ih* Ijnndnn Daily Hail.
The Court <>f Cassation, the highest
' French appeal court, has given an Interest
ing decision. While a Psrl* booksellor was
away from hi* shop recently his ass'stant
was asked bv a collector the price of a copy
?f t " lltlon on fine paper of tola's
? "Anon.i. 'Imlted to scventy-flvn copies.
The HsilHtant r piled by mistake as ?hilling*,
Instead of 2*0 shillings. The collector pah1
2* shillings and took the boo); away. When
the bookseller found out tho error he asked
|the collector te return tho book In exchange
for the money, or ?ls? to pny tho balance
Tlie collector refused to do either. Now th?
ronrt of f)n??a'lon bos declared that a>
the collector kne%v there had been a mis
i had been guilty of fraud and tin
I rale was told.
Inconspieiinns.
Lady Godlva took her famous ride.
