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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, 1919.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 8a. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. I 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 1886-87.. .. ..I 16,605 12,283 .. 6,647 .. 11,566 5,729 13,103 1887-88.. .. ... | 22,467 17,167 .. 9,162 .. 15,553 7,671 17,487 1888-89.. .. .. j 27,428 21,900 ■ .. 11,912 .. 19,741 9.477 21,149 1889-90.. .. .. I 32,754 25,387 ! .. 14,478 .. ! 23,550 10.894 24,011 1890-91.. .. .. 35,915 28,559 \ .. 16,092 .. j 25,204 12,229 25,906 1891-92.. .. .. 42,416 33.722 L •■ 19,383 .. I 29,550 14,019 30,132 1892-93.. .. .. j 48,612 38,849 i .. 22,038 .. I 33.012 16,072 32,747 ; 1893-94.. .. .. I 56,761 44,706 ] .. 25,461 . .. 37,771 18,096 37,687 1894-95.. .. .. 62,306 49,846 I .. 28,975 .. 43,829 ! 20.423 43,167 1895-96.. .. .. 68,454 56,185 I .. 32,801 .. 49,204 '' 22,802 47,787 1896-97.. .. .. ! 74,534 62,056 ; .. 35,322 .. 54,219 24,871 51,963 1897-98.. .. ..I 81,958 69,981 .. 38,617 \ .. 60,843 26,96S ' 55,748 1898-99.. .. ..I 86,529 i 72,710 i .. 41,991 .. 64,386 28,448 59,631 1899-1900 .. .. 93.762 I 77,431 .. 44.384 | .. 70.416 30,680 63,787 1900-1901 .. .. 85,478 j 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,630 24,497 71,001 - 1901-1902 .. ..49,529 30,255 62,285 70,683 ! 65,467 I 109,663 i .. 92,708 1902-1903 .. .. 54,268 ! 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 I 119,593 I .. 102,641 1903-1904 .. .. 61,379 ! 37,514 85,909 86.626 i 89,276 ! 134,270 .. 114,755 1904-1905 .. .. 65.484 i 40,263 86,711 96,228 99,739 154,281 .. 130,430 1905-1906 .. .. 74,389 I 45,358 98,503 108,493 j 114,411 ! 167,430 .. 143,216 1906-1907 .. .. 82.417 : 54,375 106.311 120,321 | 128,384 187,083 .. 159,045 1907-1908 .. .. 89,906 ! 58,202 124,052 136,392 \ 143,854 i 205,500 .. 171,951 1908-1909 .. .. 97,285 | 59,484 153,925 162,588 j 146,148 | 227,471 .. 188,677 1909-1910 .. .. 113. S25 67,406 181,791 195,168 ! 166,486 ' 261,045 .. I 214,453 1910-1911 .. ..130,645 79.792 211,298 244,941 201,569 301,707 ; .. ! 242,854 1911-1912 .. .. 141,504 85,130 236,665 263,829 ; 215,984 I 337,338 I .. 1 261,600 1912-1913 .. .. ' 154,201 92.342 264,844 279,311 220,109 367,942 i .. ! 283,206 1913-1914 .. .. 172.400 103.753 298.669 324,417 256,231 418,712 .. i 312,870 1914-1915 .. .. 182,733 107,483 307,934 346,011 ' 263,522 444,427 .. 325,071 1915-1916 186,873 114,570 319,115 364,086 267,383 461,137 .. 334,277 1916-1917 .. .. j 184.873 112,639 322,946 343,031 260,956 | 440,215 .. : 301,825 1917-1918 .. .. 187,005 115,867 316,266 337,418 258,4211401,696 .. 1252,396 1918-1919 .. ..1181,824 114.553 - 299,791 326,398 ; 253,728 ; 381,202 .. \ 238,337 ! 695 : 992 4.090 5.187 5,278 ; 6.940 6,618 8,243 7,809 9.386 7,969 10.172 9.058 11,611 9,904 12,330 11,016 13,800 11,864 15,567 13,601 17.191 14,365 18.102 15,463 19,177 16,202 I 19,990 16,957 i 21.393 13,304 i 23,875 I 32,128 i 34,508 ' 38,030 42,317 46,228 : 51,559 57,637 62,916 70,967 82,253 ! 88.693 95.535 106.560 107,506 111,095 108,978 103,348 102,457 425 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 I 36,601 33,390 32,868 : 32,179 32,696 33,491 35,067 43,042 48,852 58,629 . 69,206 76,508 91.193 104,714 123,786 143,611 171,900 190.823 213,153 245,230 229,640 211.543 211,00:) 194,180 192,751 £ 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 1,192 349,627 123.368 1,090 376,796 129,012 728 409,866 134,378 673 431,449 i 139,957 607 461,447 i 147,686 560 i 490,506 \ 154,436 556 556,316 ' 173,317 558 616,264 i 191,905 656 707,044 220,070 688 785,347 250,123 788 875,324 276,279 954 981,642 314,053 423 i 1.092,631 347,300 i 1,222,280 389,143 1,414,752 ; 447,619 1,666,959 i 524,943 1,821,566 574,980 1,970,643 i 636,473 2,238,842 | 721,743 2,314,327 I 725,118 .. i 2,370,079 ! 723,314 2,286,463 : 695,819 2,166,597 ! 633,246 2,091.051 619,605 * Issued only from 17th June, 1895, to 31st October, 1907.