Omitting the shoe mending department, which has been dropped, the following statement shows an increase of $1,443.53 in the amount of sales of the Co-operative Society from July 1 to February 1 of this fiscal year as compared with the same estimate in 1900-1901. DEPTS.  1900-'01  1901-'02. Books,  $52,690.53.  $49,793.69 Stationery,  26,351.48  26,647,89 Men's Furnishings,  16,795,94  19,948.85 Tailoring,  11,488.90  14,403.95 Furniture,  12,368.24  14,379.47 Coal and Wood,  7,427.44  8,040.95 Medical branch,  30,083.96  25,435.02   ----  ---- Totals,  $157,206.49  158,650.22

For the same period, the membership last year was 2,611. This year it is 2,600.