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Table No. 2. 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, 1926.

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Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. j — j . j j ; | j ; ! At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2a. At 2a. Sd. At 3a. ; At 5s. | At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. ed. j At 15s. At 17s. 6d. | At £1. At £5.* ; Number. Value. I £ Quarter ended Mar. 31,1880 3,019 2,046 1,-012 .. 2,039 909 j 2,379 695 992 425 2,866 .. 16,442 6,910 1886-87 .. ! 16,605 12,283 .. 6,647 . 11,566 5,729 1 13,103 4,090 5,187 2,375 14,961 .. 92,546 37,659 1887-88 .. 22,467 17,167 9,162 .. 15,553 7,671 17,487 5,278 6,940 2,952 17,578 .. 122,255 47,729 1888-89 .. .. 27,428 21,900 .. 11,912 .. 19,741 9,477 21,149 6,618 8,243 3,633 19,778 .. 149,879 56,842 1889-90 .. .. 32,754 25,387 .. 14,478 .. 23,550 10,894 24,011 7,809 9,386 4,158 22,596 .. 175,023 65,484 1890-91 .. .. 35,915 28,559 .. 16,092 .. 25,204 12,229 25.906 7,969 10,172 4,366 23,503 .. 189,915 69,722 1891-92 .. .. 42,416 33,722 .. 19,383 .. 29,550 14,019 30,132 9,058 11,611 4,953 25,839 .. 220,683 79,326 1892-93 .. .. 48,612 38,849 .. 22,038 .. 33,012 16,072 32,747 9,904 12,330 5,369 28,969 .. 247,902 87,857 1893-94 .. .. 56,761 44,706 .. 25,461 .. 37,771 18,096 37,687 11,016 13,800 6,156 33,935 .. 285,389 101,002 1894-95 .. . . 62,306 49,846 .. 28,975 .. 43,829 20,423 43,167 11,864 15,567 6,790 36,601 .. 319,368 112,308 1895-96 .. .. 68,454 56,185 .. 32,801 .. 49,204 22,802 47,787 13,601 17,191 7,020 33,390 1,192 349,627 123,368 1896-97 .. ■■ 74,534 I 62,056 .. 35,322 .. 54,219 -24,871 51,963 14,365 18,102 7,406 32,868 1,090 376,796 129,012 1897-98 .. -. 81,958 | 69,981 .. 38,617 .. 60,843 26,968 55,748 15,463 19,477 7,904 32,179 728 409,866 134,378 1898-99 .. 86,529 ! 72,710 .. 41,991 .. 64,386 28,448 59,631 16,202 19,990 8,193 32,696 673 431,449 139,957 1899-1900 .. .. 93,762 | 77,431 .. 44,384 .. 70,416 30,680 63,787 16,957 21,393 8,539 33,491 607 461,447 1+7,686 1900-1901 .. 85,478 | 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,630 24,497 71,001 13,304 23,875 6,799 35.067 560 490,506 I 154,436 1901-1902 .. .. 49,529 | 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 .. 92,708 .. 32,128 .. 43,042 556 556,316 ! 173,317 1902-1903 .. .. 54,268 | 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 119,593 .. 102,641 .. 34,508 .. 48,852 558 616,264 | 191,905 1903-1904 .. .. 61,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 134.270 .. 114,755 .. 38,030 .. 58,629 656 707,044 ! 220,070 1904-1905 .. .. 65,484 40,263 86,711 96,228 99,739 154,281 .. 130,430 .. 42,317 .. 69,206 688 785,347 ! 250,123 1905-1906 .. 74,389 45.358 98,503 108,493 114,411 167,430 .. 143,216 .. 46,228 .. 76,508 788 875,324 276,279 1906-1907 .. - - j 82,417 54,375 106,311 120,321 128,384 187,083 .. 159,045 .. 51,559 .. 91,193 954 981,642 314,053 1907-1908 .. .. | 89,906 58,202 124,052 136,392 143,854 205,500 .. 171,951 .. 57,637 .. 104,714 423 1,092,631 j 347,300 1908-1909 .. - . 97,285 | 59,484 153,925 162,588 146,148 227,471 .. 188,677 .. 62,916 .. 123,786 .. 1,222,280 : 389.143 1909-1910 .. .. I 113,825 I 67,406 181.791 195,168 166,486 261,045 .. 214,453 .. 70,967 .. 143,611 .. 1.414,752 I 447,619 1910-1911 .. ■ ■ 130,645 i 79,792 211,298 244,941 201,569 301,707 .. 242,854 .. 82,253 .. 171,900 .. 1,666,959 1 524,943 1911-1912 .. .. 141,504 [ 85,130 236,665 263,829 215,984 337,338 .. 261,600 .. 88,693 .. 190,82.3 .. 1,821,566 574,980 1912-1913 .. .. 154,201 | 92,342 264,844 279,311 220,109 367,942 .. 283,206 .. 95,535 .. 213,153 .. 1,970,643 636,473 1913-1914 .. .. 172,400 j 103,753 298,669 324,417 256,231 418,712 .. 312,870 .. 106,560 .. 245,230 .. 2,238,842 721,743 1914-1915 .. • • 182,733 I 107,483 307,934 346,011 263,522 444,427 .. 325,071 .. 107,506 .. 229,640 .. 2,314,327 725,118 1915-1916 .. .. 186,873 | 114,570 319,115 364,086 267,383 461,137 .. 334,277 .. 111,095 .. 211,543 .. 2,370,079 723,314 1916-1917 .. 184,873 [112,639 322,946 343,031 260,956 440,215 .. 301,825 .. 108,978 .. 211,000 .. 2,286,463 695,819 1917-1918 .. ■ 187,005 115,867 316,266 337,418 258,421 401,696 .. 252,396 .. 103,348 .. 194,180 .. 2,166,597 638.246 1918-1919 .. 181,824 114,553 299,791 326,398 253,728 381,202 .. 238,337 .. 102,467 .. 192,751 .. 2,091,051 619^605 1919-1920 .. 196,327 | 121,037 310,105 339,341 268,032 396,994 .. 246,688 .. 110,819 .. 208,177 .. 2,197,520 655,910 1920-1921 .. 217,553 120,888 309,649 342,040 266,119 410,584 .. 254,868 .. 123,917 .. 234,601 .. 2,280,219 705,027 1921-1922 .. .. 239,187 | 120,780 314,035 352,681 259,372 445,995 .. 269,863 .. 137,192 .. 238,517 .. 2,377,622 739,783 19°2- 1923 .. .. 262.172 130,275 331,376 348,779 236,877 475.947 .. 276.650 .. 138,621 .. 233. S09 .. 2,434.506 747,025 1923-1924 .. •• 285,065 145,277 366,241 385,307 247,915 528,178 .. 299,987 .. 151,288 .. 243,519 .. 2,652,777 804,343 1924-1925 .. .. 297,019 154.406 397,666 428,707 253,311 577,873 .. 316,947 .. 162.281 .. 258,123 .. 2,846,333 860,029 1925-1926 .. .. 318,454 1159,549 448,307 458,634 254,038 607,000. ..' 339,864 .. 170,376 .. 284,500 .. 3,04-0,722 922,873