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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Value of Postal Notes sold from 1st January, 1886— the Date upon which they were first issued— to 31st March, 1918.

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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 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 .. 1913-1914 .. .. ! 1914-1915 1915-1916 .. .. I 1916-1917 1917-1918 3,019 2,046 .. 1,012 .. 2,039 16,605 12,283 .. 6,647 .. 11,566 22,467 17,167 .. 9,162 .. 15,553 27,428 21.900 .. 11,912 .. 19,741 32,754 25,387 .. 14,478 ..I 23,550 35,915 28,559 .. 16,092 .. | 25,204 42.416 33,722 .. 19,383 .. 29,550 48,612 38,849 .. 22,038 .. 33,012 56.761 44,706 .. 25,461 .. 37,771 62,306 49,846 .. 28,975 .. 43,829 68.454 56,18-5 .. 32,801 .. 49,204 i 74,534 62,0-56 .. 35,322 .. 54,219 81,958- 69,981 .. 38,617 .. 60,843 86,529 72,710 .. 41,991 .. 64,386 93.762 77,431 .. 44,384 .. 70,416 85,478 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,630 49,529 30,255 ; 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 54,268 33,409 . 70,122 76,613 75,700 •■ 119,593 61,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 , 134,270 65,484 40,263 86,711 96,228 99,739 ! 154,281 74,389 45,358 98,503 108,493 ': 114,411 j 167,430 82.417 54,375 106,311 120,321 128,384 \ 187,083 89,906 58,202 124,052 136,392 ■. 143,854 j 205,500 97,285 59,484 153,925 162,588 I 146,148 227,471 113,825 67,406 181,791 195,168 i 166,486 261,045 130,645 79,792 211,298 244,941 , 201,569 301,707 141,504 85,130 236,665 263,829 : 215,984 337,338 154,201 92,342 264,844 279,311 220,109 367,942 172,400 103.753 ' 298,669 324,417 256,231 418,712 182,733 107,483 307,934 346,011 263,522 , 444,427 186,873 114,570 319,115 364,086 267,383 ' 461,137 184,873 112,639 322,946 343,031 260,956 j 440,215 187,005 j 115,867 | 316,266 337,418 258,421 ! 401,696 969 5,729 7,671 9,477 10,894 12,229 14,019 16,072 18,096 20,423 22,802 24,871 26,968 28,448 30.680 24,497 2,379 13,103 17,487 21,149 24,011 25,906 30,132 32,747 ' 37,687 43,167 47,787 51,963 55,748 59,631 63,787 71,001 92,708 102,641 114,755 130,430 143,216 159,045 171,951 188,677 214,453 242,854 261,600 283,206 312,870 325,071 334,277 i 301,825 252,396 695 4,090 5,278 6,618 7,809 7,969 9,058 9,904 11,016 11,864 13,601 14,365 15,463 16,202 16,957 13,304 992 5,187 6,940 8,243 9,386 10,172 11,611 12.330 13.800 15,567 17,191 18,102 19,477 19,990 21,393 23,875 32,128 34,508 38,030 42,317 46,228 51,559 57,637 62,916 70,967 82,253 88,693 95,535 106,560 107,506 111,095 108.978 103,348 425 2,375 2,952 3,633 4,158 4,366 4,953 5,369 6,156 6,790 7.020 7,406 7,904 8,193 8,539 6,799 2.866 14,961 17,578 19,778 22.596 23,503 25,839 28,969 33.935 36,601 33,390 32,868 32,179 32,696 33,491 35,067 43,042 48,852 58,629 69,206 76,508 91,193 104,714 123,786 143,611 171,900 190,823 213,153 245,230 229,640 211,543 211,000 194,180 1,192 1,090 728 673 607 560 556 558 656 688 788 954 423 £ 16,442 6,910 92,546 37,659 122,255 47,729 149,879 56,842 175,023 65.484 189,915 69.722 220.683 79.326 247,902 87,857 285,389 101.002 • 319,368 112,308 349,627 123,368 376,796 ! 129,012 409,866 ! 134,378 431,449 139,957 461,447 147,686 490,506 154,436 556,316 173,317 616,264 191,905 707,044 220,070 785,347 250,123 875,324 276,279 981,642 314,053 1,092,631 347,300 1,222,280 389,143 1,414,752 447,619 1,666,959 524,943 1,821,566 574,980 1,970,643 636,473 2,238,842 721,743 2,314,327 725,118 2,370,079 723,314 2,286,463 595,819 2,166,597 633,246 * Issued onl; f from 17th June, 1895, to 31st October, 1907.