In 1989, by comparison, the average monthly total was $947 million.
The couple arrived at a monthly total of about $4,000.
Of that number, 6,776 left in August, the highest monthly total so far.
The township's monthly total for this past July was $83,386, compared with $65,037 last summer.
But the monthly total was 9.1 percent higher than in December 1987.
The monthly total of common charges and taxes is $1,093.
That seems to be having a significant effect on the monthly totals.
Analysts said it was the first time the monthly total had fallen below six million since January 1987.
By June 2011, that monthly total was down to 25 billion.
It was the third time this year that the monthly total of orders declined from the month before.