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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, 1920.

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Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. At Is. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 3,019 1886-87.. .. .. 16,605 1887-88.. .. .. 22,467 1888-89.. .. .. 27,428 1889-90.. .. .. 32,754 1890-91.. .. .. 35,915 1891-92.. .. .. 42,416 1892-93.. .. .. 48,612 1893-94 .. .. .. ! 56,761 1894-95 .. .. .. I 62,306 1895-96.. .. .. 68,454 1896-97.. .. .. 74,534 1897-98.. .. .. 81,958 1898-99.. .. .. 86,529 1899-1900 .. .. 93,762 1900-1901 .. .. 85,478 1901-1902 .. .. 49,529 1902-1903 .. .. 54,268 1903-1904 .. .. 61,379 1904-1905 .. .. 65,484 1905-1906 .. .. 74,389 1906-1907 .. .. 82,417 1907-1908 .. .. 89,906 1908-1909 .. .. 97,285 1909-1910 .. .. 113,825 1910-1911 .. .. 130,645 1911-1912 .. .. 141,504 1912-1913 .. .. 154,201 1913-1914 .. .. 172,400 1914-1915 .. .. 182,733 1915-1916 .. .. 186,873 1916-1917 .. .. 184,873 ' 1917-1918 .. .. 187,005 ' 1918-1919 .. .. 181,824 1919-1920 .. .. 196,327 Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At Is. 6d. At 2s. 2,046 12,283 17,167 21,900 25,387 28,559 33,722 38,849 44,706 49.846 56,185 62,056 69,981 72,710 77,431 i 68,068 13,834 30,255 62,285 33,409 70,122 37,514 85,909 40,263 86,711 45,358 98,503 54,375 i 106,311 58,202 : 124,052 59,484 153,925 67,406 181,791 79,792 211,298 85,130 236,665 92,342 264,844 103,753 298,669 107,483 307,934 114,570 319,115 112,639 , 322,946 115,867 ' 316,266 114,553 299,791 121,037 ! 310,105 At 2s. At2s.6fl. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. 1,012 .. 2,039 6,647 .. 11,566 9,162 .. 15,553 11,912 .. 19,741 14,478 .. 23,550 16,092 .. 25,204 19.383 .. 29,550 22,038 .. 33,012 25,461 .. 37,771 28,975 .. 43,829 32,801 .. 49.204 ! 35,322 ... 54,219 : 38,617 .. 60,843 41,991 .. 64,386 44.384 .. 70,416 52,691 14,702 80,630 70,683 65,467 109,663 76,613 75,700 119,593 86,626 89,276 134,270 96,228 99,739 154,281 108,493 114,411 167,430 120,321 128,384 187,083 136,392 143,854 205,500 162,588 146,148 j 227,471 195,168 166,486 j 261,045 244,941 : 201,569 j 301,707 263,829 215,984 337,338 279,311 220,109 367,942 324.417 256,231 418,712 346,011 | 263,522 444,427 . 364,086 267.383 461,137 343,031 260,956 440,215 337.418 258,421 401,696 326,398 253,728 381,202 339,341 ' 268,032 396,994 J | At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 7s. 6d. I At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. I 969 2,379 695 992 425 2,866 5,729 13,103 4,090 5,187 2,375 14,961 7,671 17,487 5,278 6,940 2,952 17,578 9,477 21,149 6,618 8,243 I 3,633 19,778 10,894 24,011 7,809 9,386 i 4,158 22,596 12,229 25,906 7,969 10,172 | 4,366 23,503 14,019 30,132 9,058 11,611 i 4,953 25,839 16,072 32,747 9,904 12,330 | 5,369 28,969 18,096 37,687 11.016 13,800 6,156 33,935 20,423 43,167 11,864 15,567 I 6,790 36,601 22,802 47,787 13.601 j 17,191 7,020 33,390 24,871 51,963 14,365 18,102 7,406 32,868 26,968 ; 55,748 15,463 19,477 i 7,904 32,179 28,448 59,631 16,202 19,990 , 8,193 32,696 30,680 63,787 16.957 21,393 ! 8,539 33,491 24,497 71,001 13,304 23,875 > 6,799 35,067 92,708 .. 32,128 ! .. 43,042 : 102,641 .. 34,508 ! .. 48,852 j 114,755 '.. 38,030 .. 58,629 \ 130,430 .. 42,317 .. 69,206 ; 143,216 .. 46,228 .. 76,508 ' 159,045 .. 51,559 .. 91.193 j 171,951 .. 57,637 .. 104,714 | 188,677 .. 62,916 .. 123,786 : 214,453 .. 70,967 .. 143,611 ■242,854 .. 82,253 .. 171,900 j 261,600 .. 88,693 .. 190,823 : 283,206 .. 95,535 : .. 213,153 < 312,870 106,560 : .. 245,230 325,071 .. 107,506 .. 229,640 334,277 .. 111,095 .. 211,543 301,825 .. ! 108,978 .. 211,000 252,396 .. 103,348 .. 194,180 238,337 .. 102,457 .. 192,751 , 246,688 I .. 110,819 .. 208,177 At £5.* Number. 16,442 92,546 122,255 149,879 175,023 189,915 220,683 247,902 285.389 319,368 1,192 349,627 1,090 376,796 728 409,866 673 431,449 607 : 461,447 560 490,506 556 556,316 558 616,264 656 707,044 683 785,347 788 875,324 954 981,642 423 1,092,631 1,222,280 1,414,752 1,666,959 1,821,566 1,970,643 2,238,842 2,314,327 2,370,079 2,286,463 2,166,597 2,091,051 2,197,520 Value. I £ 6,910 37,659 47,729 56,842 65,484 69,722 79,326 87,857 101,002 112,308 123,368 129,012 134,378 139,957 147,686 154,436 173,317 191,905 220,070 250,123 276,279 314,053 347,300 389,143 447,619 524,943 574,980 636,473 721,743 725,118 723,314 695,819 63S.246 619,605 655,910 * Issued only from 17th June, 1895, to 31st October. 1907.