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Table No. 1. POST OFFICE MONEY ORDERS ISSUED AND PAID. 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.

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Issued in the Colony. Where payable. Total. Commission received. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions Year. No. Amount. I No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 £ 3. 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 ii,433 13 8 12,671 6 7 13,835 15 4 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 !46,i33 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 £ 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 576,358 17 2 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 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 31,770 £ ■■ d104,149 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 « 79,348 10 2 78,465 o 4 82,498 15 6 93,649 1 3 10,786 10,657 13,348 I4.H3 13,113 13,494 14,693 14.431 13,709 l8,547 20,733 30,094 3!.3i5 35,208 38,631 52,015 58,823 68,002 £ s - d. 4°.994 X 5 4 40.317 J 9 2 47,641 7 5 46,939 17 XI 45,317 12 4 45,604 15 2 47,574 9 11 45,285 6 II 4 2 ,45i 4 4 51,909 6 10 54,543 3 7 69,674 o o 75,235 7 !0 88,025 8 9 89,392 11 10 99,076 16 8 102,443 1 o 114,589 3 5 135,648 135,556 148,162 172,556 186,052 188,622 155,680 159,579 162,387 172,076 176,427 195,239 199,438 210,957 222,678 243,497 269,566 293,659 / s. d. 465,405 1 1 452,182 7 8 499,368 9 11 541,132 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 1 11 651,989 19 6 694,847 4 5 750,929 5 10 776,783 4 11 812,604 M Ir 902,159 15 7 970,830 14 11 Drawn on the Colony. Where issued. Total. Year. In the Colony. United Kingdom and Foreign Offices. Australia and other British Possessions. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 • 97.275 99,523 108,916 132,232 144,227 146,406 ii3i598 119,091 122,042 I27>323 130,641 138,555 140,672 146,133 155,534 162,600 181,505 193,867 £ 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 576,358 17 2 608,042 2 11 635,062 17 11 717,217 19 1 762,592 10 3 3.466 3,466 3,421 3,725 4,535 5,204 5,824 6,334 7,336 7,469 7,775 7,910 8,152 8,746 9,293 9,938 10,254 10,085 £ ■■ 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 35,238 10 3 3,913 4,649 5,076 5,697 6,755 7,725 9,545 8,963 15,365 15,859 I3,33i 13,604 11,291 10,679 10,690 11,520 n,5O7 11,407 £ s - d - 15,829 o 3 18,863 4 2 21,090 4 10 23,299 12 11 27,429 18 6 30,724 6 4 36,513 3 " 33,254 2 3 56,141 4 1 56,402 1 4 47,890 2 6 48,700 9 6 41,064 6 6 40,929 2 5 38,571 3 1 39,862 18 10 40,836 4 7 40,105 1 11 104,654 107,638 "7,413 141,654 155.517 159,335 129,242 I33,9io 144,450 150,651 151,747 160,069 160,115 165,558 175,517 184,058 203,266 215,359 350,901 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 1 649,904 16 9 680,400 3 6 710,081 4 6 793,607 10 9 837,936 2 5