Operating Statistics

Operations	Number of Pieces Handled		Dollar Amount (thousands)
	1995	1994	1995	1994
Services to Depository Institutions
Check Services:
U.S. government checks	28,400,000	28,815,000	23,062,000	22,650,000
Postal money orders	203,120,000	200,060,000	24,835,000	23,764,000
Commercial checks	660,618,000	648,181,000	358,319,000	385,435,000
ACH Services:
Commercial	159,200,000	135,249,000	559,733,481	526,357,934
U.S. government	34,628,000	28,952,000	55,716,708	67,882,000
U.S. Government Coupons Paid	11,851	14,494	3,839	5,869
Currency Received and Counted	867,237,000	834,639,000	10,867,572	12,178,573
Wire Transfer of Funds	3,718,386	3,494,343	5,067,769,000	4,603,192,000
Loans to Depository Institutions	861	1,000	1,528,000	1,602,000
Services to U.S. Treasury
Transfer of Government Securities	166,957	163,686	270,574,000	245,548,000
Food Stamps Redeemed	263,970,000	275,644,000	1,362,173	1,371,881