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Table No. 2 —continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money-orders issued, etc. —continued. Drawn on the Dominion.

Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Weight of Parcels exchanged with other Countries during the Years 1930 and 1931.

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Where issued. : ; : : - Total. Year. In the Dominion. United Kingdom.* cSrfes.f _ J_ No. Amount. No. Amount. No, Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. £ £ £ £ £ 1863 2,067 9,169 415 1,824 558 3,078 V. .. 3,040 14,071 1873 34,288 142,642 1,482 6,626 1,668 7,689 .. .. 37,438 156,957 1883 132,232 402,559 3,725 15,553 5,697 23,300 ... .. 141,654 441,411 1893 146,133 576,359 8,746 32,617 10,679 40,929 .. .. 165,558 649,905 1903 273,535 1,108,067 13,035 49,181 17,777 j 68,340 j .. ... 304,347 1,225,589 1913 516,536 -2,821,624 12,693 70,084 31,450 110,487 .. .. 560,679 3,002,194 1923 545,605 3,849,423 11,042 63,313 26,042 123,703 1,813 8,669 584,502 4,045,108 1924 580.569 4,113,813 8,310 60,862 28,543 127,350 2,348 10,309 619,770 4,312,334 1925 4,406,461 9,857 69,098 27,318 119,073 2,140 8,391 650,287 4,603,023 1926 635,078 4,453,878 10,047 70,948 28,935 124,952 2,334 10,326 676,394 4,660,104 1927 639,889 4,416,182 11,646 80,015 32,791 136,763 2,428 9,301 686,804 4,642,261 1928 642,136 4,406,187 10,607 70,151 32,650 138,068 2,636 9,358 688,029 4,623,764 1929 664,049 4,609,226 10,953 68,273 32,973 129,798 2,923 10,875 710,898 4,818,172 1930 669,483 4,497,547 ]0,046 62,617 30,776 126,051 2,650 9,270 712,955 4,695,485 1931 611,165 3,682,333 ]0,276 60,631 17,458 87,071 2,609 8,794 641,508 3,838,829 ♦Includes foreign offlcesjto year 1915. + In previous years included in United Kingdom and foreign offices,

Received. Despatched. Places. 1930. 1931. 1930. 1931. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. lb. lb. lb. lb. Great Britain and Northern 145,351 1,257,156 98,479 , 811,440 23,261 105,344 17,773 70,069 Ireland and foreign countries via London United States of America and 52,295 317,411 32,393 | 184,121 4,634 18,535 ! 3,624 13,771 possessions Canada .. ... .. 16,015 191,160 9,838 I 114,097 1,799 6,443 1,634 6,241 New South Wales . . .. 32,993 142,509 25,254 104,219 11,368 36,427 9,257 27,649 Victoria .. .. .. 16,429 75,352 11,846 59,625 5,214 15,953 4,54.1 14,792 Queensland .. .. 1,529 3,016 1,131 2,233 1,433 4,050 1,066 2,744 South Australia .. .. 915 2,91.7 819 2,848 699 2,313 536 1,375 Western Australia .. 540 1,527 398 1,076 779 2,144 623 1,661 Tasmania .. .. 380 1,086 300 885 650 1,758 «12 1,751 Norfolk Island .. .. 6] 152 84 216 605 1,848 562 1,530 Union of South Africa .. 1,088 2,301 969 2,111 522 1,589 497 1,376 Egypt .. .. .. 294 1,982 211 1,409 64 336 32 143 Aden .. .. .. 1,530 11,060 877 6,319 India .. .. .. 4,558 35,529 3,090 22,078 1,148 6.072 865 4,234 Ceylon .. .. .. 596 2,650 419 .1,885 118 441 !92 339 Straits Settlements .. 661 2,036 652 2,215 441 1,971 309 1,234 Hong Kong .. .. 1,836 12,727 1,496 10,707 689 3,542 502 2,175 Fiji .. .. .. 977 2,142 763 1,782 2,149 7,603 1,800 6,112 Tonga .. .. .. 108 395 121 411 1,408 7,455 1,098 5,319 Tahiti .. .. .. 226 2,016 80 566 236 1,345 172 1,022 Uruguay .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 197v 20 ■ 99 Others .. .. .... .. .. .. > 23 90 14 49 Totals .. .. 278,382 2,065,124 189,220 1,330,243 57,276 225,456 45,629 163,685