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Table No. 1. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued and of Money Orders payable in New Zealand, Year by Year, since the Year 1880.

Drawn on the Colony.

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'ssued in the Colony. Where payable. Commission received. In :he Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Year. Amount. No. I Amount. No. Amount. No. No. Amount. I 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 T891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 £ s. d. 7,943 15 4 7,582 8 5 8,267 9 8 9,022 10 6 9,525 3 8 9,553 o 7 8,541 7 10 8,532 10 5 8,377 6 4 8,696 13 5 8,823 Io ° 9,649 14 9 9,452 o o 10,248 14 5 10,600 19 7 11,433 13 8 12,671 6 7 97,275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 ,146,406 |"3,598 119,091 122,042 127,323 130,641 138,555 140,672 146,133 155,534 162,600 181,505 £ s. d. 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 360,196 4 9 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 439,870 3 9 412,276 3 o 426,194 13 9 432,056 6 2 458,469 7 7 472,967 4 7 504,834 16 9 54O.763 15 o 576,358 17 2 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 27,587 25,376 25,898 26,211 28,712 28,722 27,389 26,057 26,636 26,206 25,053 26,590 27,451 29,616 28,513 28,882 29,238 £ »■ d. 104,149 5 10 90,229 5 3 91.530 17 9 91,634 4 7 96,901 14 o 95,920 9 10 87,904 9 10 84,264 12 9 81,488 10 3 79,167 o 4 74,566 13 9 77,481 2 9 78,848 1 7 86,544 19 11 79,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 10,786 io,657 !i3,348 14."3 |i3."3 l r 3>494 I4> 6 93 14.431 I3.7O9 i8,547 20,733 30,094 I3i,3i5 35,208 38,631 52,015 58,823 £ s. d. 4°,994 I 5 4 40,317 19 2 47,641 7 5 46,939 17 11 45,3 Z 7 J 2 4 45,604 15 2 47,574 9 11 45,285 6 11 42,451 4 4 51,909 6 10 54,543 3 7 69,674 o o 75,235 7 I0 88,025 8 9 89,392 11 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 1 ° 135,648 135,556 148,162 172.556 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 162,387 172,076 176,427 195,239 199,438 210,957 222,678 |243,497 269,566 £ •■ d - 465,405 1 1 452,182 7 8 499,368 9 u 54 I , I 32 15 5 572,666 5 2 581,395 8 9 547,755 2 9 555,744 13 5 555,996 o 9 589,545 14 9 602,077 I JI 651,989 19 6 694,847 4 5 750,929 5 10 776,783 4 11 812,604 14 11 902,159 15 7

Where issued. Total. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. Year. No. Amount, No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. :88o :88i 882 ■883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 97,275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 146,406 113,598 119,091 122,042 127,323 130,641 138,555 140,672 146,133 155,534 162,600 181,505 £ s. d. 320,260 19 11 321,635 3 3 360,196 4 9 402,558 12 11 430,446 18 10 439,870 3 9 412,276 3 o 426,194 13 9 432,056 6 2 458,469 7 7 472,967 4 7 504,834 16 9 540,763 15 o 575,358 17 2 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 3,466 3,466 3,42i 3,725 4,535 5,204 5,824 6,334 7,336 7>4 6 9 7,775 7,910 8,152 8,746 9,293 9,938 10,254 £ s. d. 14,811 14 8 14,078 17 3 13,416 1 9 15,553 3 11 17,679 o 6 20,091 17 4 22,650 1 10 23,423 16 2 26,262 14 5 26,887 17 9 27,975 15 5 28,518 14 o 29,349 14 7 32,616 17 2 33,786 17 6 35,155 7 9 35,553 7 1 3-913 4,649 5.076 5,697 6,755 7,725 9,545 8,963 15,365 15,859 13,331 13,604 11,291 10,679 10,690 11,520 ",507 £ s- d. 15,829 0 3 18,863 4 2 21,090 4 10 23,299 12 11 27,429 18 6 30,724 6 4 36,513 3 II 33,254 2 3 56,141 4 1 56,402 I 4 47,890 2 6 48,700 9 6 41,064 6 6 40,929 2 5 3 8 ,57! 3 1 39,862 18 10 40,836 4 7 104,654 107,638 H7,4I3 141,654 155,517 159,335 129,242 I33,9io x 44,45O 150,651 I 5i,747 160,069 160,115 165,558 175,517 184,058 203,266 £ «. d. 350,901 14 10 354,577 4 8 394,702 11 .4 441,411 9 9 475,555 17 10 490,686 7 5 471,185 7 o 482,437 17 4 513,728 8 2 541,759 6 8 548,833 2 6 582,054 o 3 611,177 16 I 649,904 16 9 680,400 3 6 710,081 4 6 793,607 10 9