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Table No. 3. Table showing the Number and Value of Postal Notes sold from the 1st January, 1886— the date upon which they were first issued— to the 31st March, 1899.

Year. At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. Gd. At 7s. 6d. Number of Postal Notes sold. At 10s. I At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.» Number. Total. At 5s. Value. Quarter ended 31st March, 1886 1886-87 .. 1887-88 .. 3,019 16,605 22,467 2,046 1,012 2,039 969 2,379 11,566 5,729 13,103 15,553 7,671 17,487 19,741 9,477 21,149 23,550 ! 10,894 I 24,011 25,204 12,229 25,906 29,550 14,019 ! 30,132 33,012 16,072 ' 32,747 37,771 18,096 i 37,687 695 | 992 4,090 5,187 525 2,375 ! 2,866 14,961 17,578 16,542 92.546 122,255 £ a. d. 6,997 5 6 37,659 7 0 12,283 6,647 17,167 9,162 5,278 6,940 2,952 ; 47,729 5 0 1888-89 .. .. ! 27,428 21.900 11.912 6,618 8,243 3,633 19,778 22,596 23,503 149,879 175,023 189,915 56,841 18 0 1889-90 .. .. ! 32,754 25,387 14,478 7,809 9,386 4,158 65,484 2 0 ! 1890-91 .. 35,915 28,559 16,092 7,969 10,172 4,366 69,721 18 6 I 1891-92 .. 42,416 33,722 19,383 9,058 11,611 4,953 j 25,839 220,683 79,325 16 6 1892-93 .. 48,612 38,849 22,038 9,904 12,330 5,369 28,969 33,935 36,601 33,390 32,868 1,192 1,090 247,902 285,389 319,368 349,627 376,796 87,856 18 0 1893-94 .. .. . 56,761 44,706 25,461 11,016 13,800 6,156 101,002 7 6 1894-95 .. .. .. .. . 62,306 49,846 28,975 I 43,829 20,423 43,167 j 11,864 15,567 6,790 \ 112,307 10 0 1895-96 .. .. ; 68,454 56,185 32,801 ! 49,204 ; 22,802 47,787 54,219 j 24,871 51,963 13,601 17,191 7,020 123,368 6 6 1896-97 .. .. | 74,534 62,056 j 35,322 14,365 18,102 7,406 129,011 18 0 1897-98 .'. 81,958 69,981 38,617 | 60,843 ; 26,968 j 55,748 15,463 19,477 7,904 32,179 728 409,866 | 134,378 9 6 72,710 ! 41,991 16,202 19,990 8,193 32,696 ; 673 431,449 139,957 4 0 1898-99 .. .. | 86,529 I 64,386 28,448 59,631 - 659,758 470,467 218,668 462,897 133.932 168,988 357,759 3,683 3,387,240 535,397 303,891 71,800 1,191,642 6 I * First issued on 17th June, 1895.