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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, 1923.

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£l. At £5.* Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31, 1886 1886-87 1S87-88 18S8-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1S96-97 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 1012-1913 1913-1914 1911-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 1917-1918 1918-1919 1919-1920 1920-1921 1921-1922 1922-1923 3,019 16,605 22,467 27,428 32,754 35,915 42,416 48,612 56,761 62,300 68,454 74,534 81,958 86,529 93,762 85.478 49,529 51,26S 61,379 65,484 74,389 82,417 89,906 97,285 113,825 130,645 141,504 154,201 172,400 182,733 186.873 184,873 187,005 181,824 196,327 217,553 239,187 262,172 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 68,068 30,255 33,409 37.514 40,263 45.358 54,375 58,202 59,484 67,406 79,792 85,130 92,342 103,753 107,483 114,570 112.639 115.867 114,553 121,037 120,8-38 120.780 130.275 13,834 62,285 70,122 85,909 86,711 98,503 106,311 124,052 153,925 181.791 211.298 236,665 264,844 298,669 307,934 319,115 322,946 316,266 299,791 310,105 309,649 314,035 331.376 1,012 6,647 9,162 11,912 14,478 16,092 19,383 22.038 25,461 28,975 32,801 35,322 38,617 41.991 44,384 52,691 70,683 76,613 86,626 96.228 108,493 120,321 136.392 162.588 195,168 244.941 263,829 279.311 324,417 346.011 364,086 343,031 337,418 326.398 339,341 342,040 352,681 348,779 14,702 65.467 75,700 89,276 99.739 114,411 128,384 143,854 146,148 160,486 201,569 215,984 220,100 256,231 263,522 207,383 260,956 258,421 253,728 268,032 266,119 259.372 236,877 2,039 11,566 15,553 19,741 23,550 25,204 29,550 33,012 37,771 43,829 49,204 54,219 60,843 64,386 70,416 80,630 109,663 119,593 134.270 154,281 167,430 187,083 205,500 227.471 261,045 301,707 337,338 367,942 418,712 444,427 461,137 440,215 401,696 381,202 390,994 410,584 445,995 475,947 909 5,729 7,671 9.477 10,894 12.229 14,019 16,072 18,096 20,423 22,802 24,S71 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 92,708 102,641 114,755 130,430 143,216 159,045 171,951 188,677 214,453 242,854 261,600 283,206 312,870 325,071 334,277 301,825 252,396 238,337 246.688 254,868 269,863 276,650 695 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 95,535 106,560 107,506 111,095 108,978 103,348 102.467 110,819 123,917 137,192 138,621 425 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 91,193 104,714 123,786 143,611 171,900 190,823 213,153 245,230 229,640 211,543 211,000 194,180 192,751 208,177 234.601 238,517 233,809 1.192 1,090 728 673 607 560 556 558 656 688 788 954 423 16,442 92,546 122,255 149,879 175,023 189,915 220,683 247,902 285,389 319,368 349,627 376,796 409,866 431,449 461,447 490,506 556,316 616,264 707,044 785,347 875.324 981,642 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 2,280,219 2.377,622 2,434,506 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 13y,957 147,686 154,436 173,317 191,905 220.070 250,123 276,279 314,053 347,300 389.143 447,619 524,943 574,980 636,473 721,743 725,118 723,314 695,819 638,246 619,605 655,910 705,027 739,783 747,025 * Issued only trom 17th June, 189S, to 31st October, 1907.