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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, 1909.

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Year. At Is. Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17b. 6d. At £1. At £5.' Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 3,019 2,046 1,012 2,039 969 2,379 695 992 425 2,866 16,442 £ s. d. 6,909 15 6 1886-87 16,605 12,283 6,647 11,566 5,729 13,103 4,090 5,187 2,375 14,961 92,546 37,659 7 0 1887-88 22,467 17,167 9,162 15,553 7,671 17,487 5,278 6,940 2,952 17,578 122,255 47,729 5 0 1888-89.. 27,428 21,900 11,912 19,741 9,477 21,149 6,618 8,243 3,633 19,778 149,879 56,841 18 0 1889-90 32,754 25,387 I 14,478 23,550 10,894 24,011 7,809 9,386 4,, 158 22,596 175,023 65,484 2 0 1890-91 .. ' 35,915 28,559 16,092 25,204 12,229 25,906 7,969 10,172 4,366 j 23,503 189,915 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 i 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 25,461 37,771 18,096 37,687 11,016 13,800 6,156 33,935 285,389 101,002 7 6 1894-95 62,306 49,846 28,975 43,829 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 74,534 j 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 1897-98 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 1898-99 .. .. ' 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 I 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 85,478 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,630 24,497 71,001 13,304 23,875 6,799 35,067 560 490,506 154,435 16 6 1901-1902 49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 92,708 4ft 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 1906-1907 ! _. .__ 82,417 54,375 106,311 120,321 128,384 187,083 159,045 51,559 91,193 954 981,642 314,053 6 0 1907-1908 89,906 • 58,202 124,052 136,392 143,854 205,500 171,951 57,637 104,714 423 1,092,631 347,300 0 0 1908-1909 97,285 59,484 153,925 162,588 146,148 227,471 188,677 62,916 123,786 1,222,280 389,143 0 0 * Issued only from 17tb June, 1895 to 31st October, 1907.