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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, 1910.

Number of l'ostal Notes sold. Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. i At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At2s..6<). At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. M. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. (id. At f 1. _ f At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At £5. Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 3,019 2,04(i .. 1,012 .. 2,039 969 2,379 695 992 425 2,866 1886-87.. .. .. 16,605 12,283 .. t>.047 .. 11,566 5,729 13.103 4.090 5.187 2.375 14,961 1887-88.. .. .. 22,467 17,167 .. 9.1(12 .. 15,553 7.671 17,487 5,27s 6,940 2.952 17,57* 1888-89 .. 27.428 21,900 .. 11.912 .. 19,741 9,477 21,149 6,618 S.243 3.633 19.778 1889-90 .. 32,754 25,387 .. 14.478 .. 23,550 10,894 24,011 7,809 9,386 4,158 22,596 1890-91.. .. .. 35,915 28,559 .. 16.092 .. 25,204 12.229 25.906 7,969 10,172 4,366 23.503 1891-92.. .. .. 42,41(1 33.722 .. 19.383 .. 29.550 14.019 30.132 9,058 11,611 4,953 25,839 1892-93.. .. 48,612 38,849 .. 22,038 .. 33,012 16.072 32,747 9,904 12.330 5,369 28,969 1893-94.. .. .. 56,761 44.706 .. 25,461 .. 37,771 18,096 37,687 11,016 13.800 6,156 33,935 1894-95.. .. .. 62,30(1 49,846 .. 28,975 .. 43,829 20.423 43,167 11.8(14 15.567 (1.790 3(1.(101 1895-96.. .. .. 68,454 56.185 .. 32.801 .. 49,204 22,802 47,787 13.601 17.191 7,020 33,390 1896-97 . . 74,534 62,056 .. 35,322 .. 54,219 24,871 51.963 14,365 18.102 7,406 32,868 1897-98 . 81,958 ■ 69,981 .. 38,(117 .. 110.843 26,968 55,748 15,463 19,477 7.904 32,179 1898-99:. .. .. 86,529 72,710 ! .. 41,991 .. 64,386 28,448 59,631 , 16,202 19,990 8,193 32,696 1899-190D .. .. 93.762 77,431 .. 44,384 .. 70,416 30.680 63,787 ' 16,957 21.393 8,539 33,491 1900-1901 . . 85,478 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,630 24.497 71,001 13,304 28,875 6,799 35,067 1U01-1902 49,529 30,255 (12,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 .. 92,708 .. 32,128 .. 43,042 1902-1903 54,268 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 119,593 .. 102,641 .. 34,508 .. 48,852 1903-1904 .. 01,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,270 134,270 .. 114,755 .. 38,030 .. 58,629 1904-1905 . 65,484 40,263 86,711 96,228 : 99,739 154,281 .. 130,430 .. 42,317 .. 69,206 1905-1906 74,389 , 45,358 98,503 108.493 114,411 167,430 .. 143,216 .. 46,228 .. 76,508 1906-1907 82.417 54,375 106,311 120.321 128.384 187.083 .. 159,045 .. 51.559 .. 91,193 1907-1908 .. .. 89.906 58,202 124.052 136.392 143,854 205,500 .. 171.951 .. 57.637 .. 104,714 1908-1909 . 97,285 59,484 153,925 162,588 146,148 227,471 .. 188.677 .. 62,916 .. 123,786 1909-1910 .. .. 113,825 67.406 181,791 195,168 166,486 261,045 .. 214,453 .. 70,967 .. 143,611 L6.442 92,546 132,255 149. S79 175.023 189,915 220.683 247.902 285. 389 319,368 1,192 349.627 1,090 376,796 728 409,866 673 431,449 607 461,447 560 490,506 556 556,316 558 616,264 656 707,044 688 785,347 788 875,324 954 981,642 428 1,092,631 1,222.280 1,414,752 e e. d. 6,909 IS 6 37.659 7 a 56,84] 18 0 65. 4S4 2 0 00, 721 18 6 79,325 1C 6 87., Soli IK 0 101,002 7 6 112,307 10 C 123.3(58 6 6 129,011 18 0 134,378 9 6 139,957 4 0 147,686 8 C 154,435 16 (j 173,317 5 0 191,904 13 (] •220. (l(ii) 11 0 7 6 276, 279 7 6 314,058 (i (! 347,30(1 0 0 389,143 0 0 454,138 4 8 I [eened only from 17th Juno. 189'>. to 31st October. 1907.