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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, 1901.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 3,019 2,046 1,012 2,039 969 2,379 695 992 525 2,866 16,542 £ s. d. 6,997 5 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 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 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 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 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 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 * First issued on 17th June, 1895.