[Poser]

Is it possible this is just the order that the main office opened the envelopes from various sources? Could it be that the person who assigned the numbers had an in-box that he or she allowed to fill up before opening the envelopes and assigning numbers?

Just asking.

[muawiyah]

We had this Indian fellow who was a top end statistician. He used to say, in response to such questions, "All things are possible". He'd form his hands into the lotus form while saying it too.

Always very impressive!

So, yeah, there's this crowd I despise. They let stuff pile up for a week and then number it from the top down. Puts order of arrival sequence opposite the numeric document sequence.