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Table No. 2 —continued. Table showing the Number and Amount of Money-orders issued, etc. —continued. Drawn on the Dominion.

Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Weight of Parcels exchanged with other Countries during the Years 1936 and 1937.

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Where issued. Total. Year. In the Dominion. ! United Kingdom.* Australia and other Foreign 6 British Possessions. Countries, f No. | Amount. No. j Amount, i No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount. £ £ £ £ £ 1863 2,067 9,169 415 1,824 558 3,078 .. .. 3,040 14,071 1873 34,288 142,642 1,482 6,626 1,668 7,689 .. .. 37,438 156,957 1883 132,232 402,559 3,725 15,553 5,697 23,300 .. .. 141,654 441,412 1893 146,133 576,359 8,746 32,617 10,679 40,929 .. .. 165,558 649,905 1903 273,535 1,108,067 13,035 49,181 17,777 68,340 .. .. 304,347 1,225,589 1913 516,536 2,821,624 12,693 70,084 31,450 110,487 .. .. 560,679 3 002 194 1923 545,605 3,849,423 11,042 63,313 26,042 123,703 1,813 8,669 584,502 4'045'l08 1933 555,219 2,945,703 9,909 53,898 19,956 96,766 2,600 15,827 587,684 3 112 194 1934 563,291 3,013,540 9,388 48,643 23,050 81,698 2,587 13,822 598,316 3!l57'703 1935 568,379 3,167,590 9,485 49,628 34,566 70,964 3,460 13,195 615,890 3,301!377 1936 633,937 3,561,548 9,025 45,043 25,523 72,338 3,806 9,750 : 672,291 3 688 679 1937 678,018 4,053,369 8,824 44,434 25,509 73,755 3,204 8,647 : 715,555 4 ISO 205 ___ f- ' * Includes foreign offices to year 1913. f Included under United Kingdom to year 1913.

Received. Despatched. Places. 1936. ! 1937. 1936. 19-37 , I ' ' Number.! Weight. | Number, j Weight. Number.! Weight. Number.) Weight. lb. lb. lb. lb Great Britain and Northern 68,860 552,914 77,420 621,682 13,364 62,824 14,254 73 216 Ireland (and countries via London) New South Wales (including 37,177 159,227 39,453 182,680 10,767 36,204 11 518 38 454 Japan, Italy, &c.) Victoria.. .. .. 12,218 50,164 13,711 57,514 5,172 17,093 5 645 18 949 Queensland (including Papua 1,103 2,808 1,399 3,695 1 353 4 301 l'608 5'rm and Dutch East Indies) ' * ' Ud0 South Australia .. .. 971 2,851 913 2,986 667 2,132 746 2 603 Western Australia .. 503 1,162 509 1,333 703 2 050 716 2'234 Tasmania .. .. 191 660 195 420 528 1,516 577 l'769 Norfolk Island .. .. 34 38 25 50 303 940 310 l'oi8 Canada .. .. .. 14,874 158,645 20,497 204,703 1 1,428 6,646 1 517 6585 Union of South Africa .. 1,047 2,135 1,169 2,591 790 4,009 '882 4'349 Aden .. .. . . 76 220 70 289 i India •• •• 2,691 17,270 3,231 23,015 935 '957 '5 590 Ceylon .. .. .. 260 781 287 1,127 ! 76 329 67 '?68 Malaya .. .. .. 478 1,658 606 2,210 255 1,106 341 1 482 Hong Kong (including Japan, 1,258 11,719 1,221 13,445 945 4,217 754 2'945 China, &c.) Fiji •• •• •• 468 1,677 469 1,634 1,553 7,704 1,645 8,775 Tonga .. .. .. 133 424 123 443 399 2,044 593 3 425 United States of America and 34,142 192,035 35,477 205,626 3,505 13,748 3,245 ll'971 possessions Egypt •• .. .. 232 1,498 292 2,134 36 154 53 269 Tahiti .. .. .. 52 212 61 403 196 1,172 116 617 Uruguay .. .. .. .. 2g 1()4 2Q g7 Other countries with which 4 10 8 24 8 27 36 160 direct exchanges exist 176,772 1,158,108 197,136 1,328,004 43,008 173,646 45,600 189,801 Note. With the countries named above, excepting those in parentheses, New Zealand has direct parcel exchanges. Parcels to and from other countries are forwarded through the intermediary of direct-exchange countries.