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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Value of Postal Notes sold from the 1st January, 1886— the date upon which they were first issued— to the 31st March, 1906.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Tear. At Is. 6d. , At 2s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* At Is. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At :5s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 1886-87 3,019 16,605 2,046 12,283 1,012 6,647 2,039 11,566 969 5,729 2,379 13,103 695 4,090 992 5,187 525 2,866 2,375 14,961 2,952 | 17,578 3,633 19,778 16,542 92,546 £ s. d. 6,997 5 6 37,659 7 0 1887-88 22,467 17,167 9,162 15,553 ! 7,671 17,487 5,278 6,940 122,255 47,729 5 0 1888-89.. 27,428 21,900 11,912 19,741 9,477 21,149 6,618 8,243 149,879 56,841 18 0 1889-90 32,754 25,387 14,478 23,550 10,894 24,011 7,809 9,386 4,158 22,596 .; 4,366 23,503 175,023 65,484 2 0 1890-91 35,915 28,559 16,092 25,204 12,229 25,906 7,969 10,172 i 189,915 69,721 18 6 1891-92 42,416 33,722 19,383 29,550 14,019 30,132 9,058 11,611 4,953 25,839 220,683 79,325 16 6 1892-93 48,612 38,849 22,038 33,012 ! 16,072 32,747 9,904 12,330 5,369 | 28,969 247,902 87,856 18 ,0 1893-94 56,761 44,706 37,771 18,096 37,687 11,016 13,800 6,156 33,935 285,389 101,002 7 6 25,461 1894-95 62,306 49,846 28,975 43,829 I 20,423 43,167 11,864 15,567 6,790 36,601 319,368 112,307 10 0 1895-96 68,454 56,185 32,801 49,204 22,802 47,787 13,601 17,191 7,020 33,390 1,192 349,627 123,368 6 6 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 74,534 62,056 35,322 54,219 24,871 51,963 14,365 18,102 7,406 32,868 1,090 376,796 129,011 18 0 81,958 69,981 38,617 60,843 26,968 55,748 15,463 19,477 7,904 32,179 728 409,866 134,378 9 6 86,529 72,710 41,991 ,64,386 28,448 59,631 16,202 19,990 8,193 32,696 673 431,449 139,957 4 0 1899-1900 .. .. 93,762 77,431 44,384 70,416 30,680 63,787 16,957 21,393 8,539 33,491 607 461,447 147,686 8 6 1900-1901 85,460 68,066 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,629 24,534 70,999 13,363 23,745 6,855 35,067 560 490,505 154,434 1 0 1901-1902 49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 92,708 32,128 43,042 556 556,316 173,317 5 0 1902-1903 54,268 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 119,593 102,641 34,508 48,852 558 616,264 191,904 13 0 1903-1904 .. ... 61,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 134,270 114,755 38,030 58,629 656 707,044 220,069 11 0 1904-1905 '..' 65,484 40,263 86,711 96,228 99,739 154,281 130,430 42,317 69,206 688 785,347 250,123 7 6 1905-1906 74,389 45,358 98,503 108,493 114,411 167,430 143,216 46,228 76,508 788 875,324 276,279 7 6 * First issu ed on 17th June, 1895.