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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 1938 and 1939.

Note. —With the countries named above, excepting those in parentheses, New Zealand has direct parcel exchanges. Parcels to and from other countries are forwarded through the intermediary of direct-exchange countries.

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"Where issued. : I Total. IP the Dominion. United Kingdom.* jTtlsh PosseLfon" (ffltt No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. No. j Amount. £ £ £ £ £ 1863 2,067 9,169 415 1,824 558 3,078 .. .. 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 .. .. 141,654 441,412 1893 146,133 576,359 8,746 32,617 10,679 40,929 .. .. 105,558 649,905 1903 273,535 1,108,067 13,035 49,181 17,777 68,340 .. .. 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 1935 568,379 3,167.590 9,485 49,628 34,566 70,964 3,460 13,195 615,890 3,301,377 1936 633,937 3,561,548 9,025 45,043 25,523 72,338 3,806 9,750 672,291 3,688,679 1937 678,018 4,053,369 8,824 44,434 25,509 73,755 3,204 8,647 715,555 4,180,205 1938 732,967 4,495,648 9,347 55,577 25,734 76,166 2,151 6,156 770,199 4,633,547 1939 751,096 4,593,723 7,317 32,-233 22,852 57,196 2,822 6,637 784,087 4,689,789 * Includes foreign offices to year 1913. t Included under United Kingdom to year 1913.

Received. Despatched. Places. 1938. 1939. 1938. 1939. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number. Weight. Number.', Weight. _ lb. lb. lb. j lb. Great Britain and Northern 84,697 607,865 48,827 380,716 14,945 68,668 11,597 53,704 Ireland (and countries via London) New South Wales (including 40,872 190,834 28,186 127,704 12,923 44,61.1 11,934 39,795 Japan, Italy, &c.) Victoria .. .. .. 12,734 53,230 9,971 40,566 6,082 20,810 5,780 19,484 Queensland (including Papua 1,353 3,402 1,191 2,782 1,713 5,062 1,606 4,412 and Netherland East Indies) South Australia .. .. 852 2,538 814 2,448 878 2,749 791 2,523 Western Australia.. .. 499 1,271 562 1,448 733 2,105 686 1,820 Tasmania .. .. 171 418 140 340 584 1,588 551 1,475 Norfolk Island .. .. 7 16 18 49 304 835 286 '780 Canada .. .. .. 21,357 224,877 9,712 100,478 2,163 7,826 1,901 6,084 Union of South Africa .. 1,589 2,774 1,236 2,153 1,318 5,708 1,265 5 928 Aden .. .. .. 87 300 70 275 India .. .. .. 2,823 18,899 1,342 7,572 993 5,183 915 4 662 Ceylon .. .. .. 290 1,112 197 733 87 351 58 260 Malaya .. .. .. 678 2,326 604 1,893 359 1,122 307 1,071 Hong Kong (including Japan, 1,606 19,202 1,099 12,404 745 3,852 586 2,981 China, &c.) Fiji .. .. .. 490 1,718 433 1,563 1,727 8,751 1,660 8,576 Tonga .. .. .. 179 658 172 511 671 3,562 737 4,488 United States of America and 38,995 213,655 28,446 158,762 3,664 13,705 3,684 13,193 possessions Egypt .. .. .. 318 2,172 266 2,441 61 214 51 170 Tahiti .. . . .. 63 493 51 308 117 643 87 372 Uruguay .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 128 21 131 Gilbert and Ellico Islands .. 5 24 8 17 61 163 122 491 Pitcairn Island .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 115 568 Other countries with which 2 10 4 3 8 51 31 109 direct exchanges exist Totals .. .. 209,667 1,407,794 133,349 845,166 50,162 197,687 44,771 173,077