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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 the Notes were first issued— to 31st March, 1928.

dumber of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. ieai. ! :r At Is. At Is. 6d. : At 2s. I At 2a. 6d. At 3s. I j I J At Is. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. A At 15s. i At 17s. 6d. | At 17s. 6d. At £1. 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 32,690 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 i 211,000 194,180 192.751 208,177 234,601 238,517 233,809 243,519 258,123 284,500 308,845 298,370 At £5. 1,192 1,090 728 673 607 560 556 558 656 688 788 954 423 Number. Value. 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 87,857 285,389 101,002 319,368 112,308 349,627 123,368 376,796 129,012 409,866 134,378 431,449 139,957 461,447 147,686 490,500 154,436 556,316 173,317 616,264 191,905 707,044 220,070 785,347 250,123 875,324 276,279 981,642 314,053 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 2,2S6,463 695,819 2,166,597 638,246 2,091,051 619,605 2,197.520 655,910 2,280,219 705,027 2,377,622 739,783 2,434,506 747,025 2,652,777 804,343 2,846,333 860,029 3,040,722 922,873 3,329,638 987,687 3,614,217 1,015,213 L QuarterendedMar. 31.1886 1 3,019 2,046 .. 1,012 1886-87 .. .. 16,605 12,283 .. 6,647 1887-88 .. .. 22,467 17,167 9,162 1888-89 .. .. i 27,428 21,900 .. 11,912 1889-90 .. .. 32,751 25,387 .. 14,478 1890-91 .. .. 35,915 ] 28,559 .. 16,092 1891-92 .. . 42,416 I 33,722 .. 19,383 1892-93 .. .. 48,612 j 38,849 ! .. ! 22,03S 1893-94 .. . 56,761 I 44,706 j .. ! 25,461 1894-95 .. .. 62,306 : 49,846 i .. 28,975 1895-96 .. . - ! 68,454 : 56,185 i .. I 32,801 1896-97 .. .. i 74,534 I 62,056 .. : 35,322 1S97-93 .. .1 81,958 69,981 .. 38,617 1898-99 .. .. ! 86,529 72,710 .. 41,991 1899-1900 .. ..I 93,762 77,431 .. 44,384 1900-1901 .. . 85,478 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 1901-1902 .. .. 49,529 30,255 i 62,285 70,683 65,467 1902-1903 .. .. 54,268 33,409 i 70,122 76,613 75,700 1903-1904 .. .. 61,379 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 1904-1905 .. .. 65,484 40,263 86,711 96,228 99.739 1905-1900 .. .. 74,389 45.358 98,503 108,493 114,411 1906-1907 .. .. 82,417 54,375 106,311 120,321 128,384 1907-1908 .. .. 89,906 58,202 124,052 j 136,392 143,854 1908-1909 .. .. 97,285 59,484 153,925 ! 162,588 146,148 1909-1910 .. .. 113,825 67,406 181.791 I 195,168 166,480 1910-1911 .. •• 130,645 79,792 211,298 ; 244,941 : 201,509 1911-1912 .. .. 141,504 85,130 236,665 263,829 215,984 1912-1913 .. .. 154,201 92,342 264,844 279,311 220,109 1913-1914 .. .. 172,400 103,753 298,669 324,417 256,231 1911-1915 .. .. 182,733 107,483 307,934 346,011 263,522 1915-1916 .. ■• 186,873 114,570 319,115 364,086 267,383 1916-1917 •• •■ 184,873 112,639 322,946 343,031 260,956 1917-1918 .. .'- 187,005 115,867 316,266 337,418 258,421 1918-1919 .. • 181,824 114,553 299,791 326,398 253,728 1919-1920 .. ■■ 196,327 121,037 i 310,105 339,341 268,032 1920-1921 .. •• 217,553 120,888 : 309,649 342,040 266,119 1921-1922 . .. 239,187 120,780 314,035 352,681 259,372 1922-1923 .. .. 262.172 130,275 331,376 348,779 236,877 1923-1924 .. .. 285,065 145,277 366,241 385,307 247,915 1924-1925 .. 297,019 154,406 397,666 [428,707 253,31! 1925-1926 .. .. 318,454 159,549 448,307 : 458,634 254,038 1926-1927 .. .. 394,853 165,278 482,600 ; 545,182 260,844 1927-1928 .. 601,143 186,961 ! 497,760 I 518,248 278,844 2,039 969 2,379 11,566 5,729 13,103 i 15,553 7,671 17,487 19,741 9,477 21,149 23,550 10,894 24,011 25,204 12,229 25.906 29,550 : 14,019 30,132 33,012 16,072 32,747 37,771 18,096 37,687 43,829 20,423 43,167 49,204 22,802 47,787 54,219 24,871 51,963 60,843 \ 26,968 55,748 64,386 I 28.448 59,631 70,416 30,680 63,787 80,630 24,497 71,001 109,663 .. 92,708 119,593 .. j 102,641 134.270 .. | 114,755 154,281 . . ' 130,430 167,430 .. 143,216 187,083 .. 159,045 205,500 .. | 171,951 , 227,471 .. 188,677 261,045 .. - 214,453 301,707 .. 242,854 337,338 .. 261,600 367,942 .. 283,206 418,712 .. 312,870 444,427 .. 325,071 461,137 .. 334,277 440,215 .. 301,825 401,696 : .. 252,396 381,202 '< .. 238.337 396.994 .- 246,688 410,584 .. 254,868 445.995 .. 269,863 475,947 .. 276,650 528,178 -. 299,987 577,873 .. ' 316,947 607,000 .. 339,864 650,226 .. 340,646 688,004 .. 352,524 695 4,090 5,278 6,618 7,809 , 7,969 [ 9,058 j 9,904 I 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 95,535 106,560 107,506 111,095 108,978 103,348 102.467 110,819 123,917 137.192 138,621 151,288 162,281 170,376 181,164 192,363 425 2,375 2,952 3,633 4,158 4,360 4,953 5,369 6,156 6,790 7,020 7,406 7,904 8,193 8,539 6,799