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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, 1915.

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Number of Postal Notes solri. Total. Number of Postal Notes sold. Year. Year. At Is. ! At Is. 6d. At 2s. ! At 2s. 6rl. ; At 3s. , At 5s. At 7s. 6d. \ At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At JE1. At £5.* Number. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6(1. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. Value. I | ! : I _J i ; l_ ! L_i_ i J Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 3.019 2,046 .. 1,012 .. 2,039 969 : 2,379 695 992 425 2,866 .. 16.442 1886-87.. .. .. ! 16 605 ' 12,283 .. 6,647 .. 11,566 5,729 13,103 4,090 5,187 2.375 14,961 .. 92,546 1887-88.. .. .. 22,467 17,167 .. 9,162 .. 15,553 7,671 17,487 5,278 6,940 2,952 17,578 .. 122,255 1888-89.. .. ..' 27,428 21,900 .. 11,912 .. 19,741 9,477 21,149 6,618 8,243 3,633 19,778 .. 149.879 1889-90.. .. .. ! 32 754 25,387 .. 14,478 .. 23,550 10,894 24,011 7.809 9.386 4.158 22,596 .. 175.023 1890-91.. .. .. 35,915 28,559 .. 16,092 .. 25.204 12,229 25,906 7.969 10,172 4.366 23.503 .. 189,915 1891-92.. .. .. 42 416 33,722 .. 19.383 .. 29,550 14,019 30,132 9,058 11,611 4,953 25,839 i .. 220,683 1892-93.. .. .. 48,612 38,849 .. 22,038 .. 33,012 16,072 32,747 9,904 ! 12,330 5,369 28,969 i .. 247.902 1893-94.. .. 56,761 44,706 .. 25.461 .. 37,771 18,096 37,687 11,016 13,800 6,156 33,935 ! .. 285,389 1894-95.. .. .. 62,306 49,846 .. 28,975 .. 43.829 20,423 43,107 11,864 15,567 6,790 36,601 j .. 319.368 1895-96.. .. .. 68,454 56,185 .. 32,801 .. 49,204 22.802 47,787 13,601 17,191 i 7,020 33,390 j 1,192 349,627 1896-97.. .. .. 74,534 62,056 .. 35,322 .. 54,219 24,871 51,963 14,365 18,102 7,406 32,868 ! 1,090 376,796 1897-98.. .. .. 81,958 69,981 ! .. 38,617 i .. 60,843 26,968 55,748 15,463 19,477 7,904 32,179 I 728 409,866 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 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 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 1901-1902 .. .. 49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 ] .. 92,708 .. 32,128 '.. 43,042 ; 556 556,316 1902-1903 .. .. 54,268 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 119,593 .. 102,641 .. 34,508 .. 48,852 i 558 616,264 1903-1904 61,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 134,270 .. 114,755 .. 38,030 .. 58,629 ! 656 707,044 i 1904-1905 .. . 65,484 40,263 • 86,711 j 96,228 99,739 i 154,281 .. 130,430 .. 42,317 .. 69,206 ' 688 785,347 : 1905-1906 74,389 45,358 98,503 ! 108,493 114,411 167,430 .. 143,216 .. 46,228 .. 76,508 ! 788 875,324 '. 1906-1907 82 417 54,375 106,311 ! 120,321 , 128,384 ' 187,083 .. 159,045 .. 51,559 .. 91,193 ! 954 : 981,642 I 1907-1908 . 89'906 58,202 124,052 136,392 143,854 205,500 .. 171,951 .. 57,637 .. 104,714 423 j 1,092.631 i 1908-1909 . 97 285 ■ 59,484 153,925 162,588 146,148 227,471 .. .188,677 .. 62,916 ... 123,786 .. [1,222,280 I 1909-1910 .. .. 113,825 67,406 181,791 195,168 166,486 261,045 .. 214,453 .. I 70,967 .. 143,611- .. 1,414,752 < 1910-1911 .. .. 130,645 79,792 211,298 244,941 201,569 301,707 .. 242,854 .. 82,253 .. 171,900 .. 1,666,959 I 1911-1912 .. 141504 85,130 236,665 263,829 215,984 337,338 .. .261,600 .. 88,693 .. 190,823 .. 1,821,566 I 1912-1913 .. .. 154,201 92,342 264,844 279,311 220,109 367,942 .. 283,206 .. 95,535 .. 213,153 .. 1,970.643 1 1913-1914 .. .. 172,400 103.753 298,669 324,417 256,231 418,712 ' .. 312,870 .. 106,560 .. 245,230 .. 2,238,842 1914-1915 .. .. 182,733 107,483 307,934 346,011 263,522 444,427 .. : 325,071 .. 107,506 .. 229,640 .. 2,314.327 £ 6,910 37.659 47.729 56.842 65,484 69.722 79,326 87,857 101.002 112,308 123,368 129,012 134,378 139,957 147,686 154, 436 173,317 191,905 220,070 250,123 276,279 314,053 347. 300 389,143 447,619 521,943 574,980 636,473 721,743 725,118 I I |_ I 1 I I L _J * Issued only from 17tli June. 1805, to 31st October, 1907.