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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, 1903.

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Number ot Postal Notes sold. Year. Total. Atls. At Is. 6d. At 2s. At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At os. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. | I At 15s. At 17s. Cd. At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 3,019 2,046 1,012 2,039 | 969 I 2,379 525 I £ s. d. 6,997 5 6 695 992 2,866 16,542 92,546 122,255 1886-87 16,605 12,283 6,647 11,566 5,729 ' 13,103 4,090 5,187 2,375 37,659 7 0 1887-88 22,467 14,961 ; 17,167 9,162 15,553 I 7,671 ! 17,487 19,741 9,477 ! 21,149 5,278 I 6,940 2,952 17,578 47,729 5 0 1888-89 27,428 21,900 11,912 6,618 8,243 | 3,633 19,778 149,879 56,841 18 0 1889-90 32,754 25,387 14,478 23,550 10,894 | 24,011 7,809 9,386 4,158 ■ 22,596 65,484 2 0 28,5-59 175,023 1890-91 35,915 16,092 25,204 ; 12,229 : 25,906 7,969 10,172 4,306 j 23,503 1891-92 189,915 220,683 69,721 18 6 42,416 33,722 19,383 I .. | 29,550 ! 14,019 30,132 9,058 11,611 ; | 4,953 25,839 79,325 16 6 1892-93 48,612 38,849 22,038 33,012 I 16,072 i 32,747 9,904 12,330 5,369 28,969 1893-94 44,706 247,902 87,856 18 0 56,761 25,461 37,771 | 18,096 37,687 11,016 13,800 6,156 33,935 101,002 7 6 1894-95 285,389 62,306 28,975 ; 49,846 ' 43,829 20,423 ! 43,167 11,864 15,567 6,790 I 36,601 319,368 112,307 10 0 1895-96 68,454 j 56,185 j 32,801 ' 49,204 j 22,802 j 47,787 13,601 7,020 1896-97 17,191 | | 33,390 1,192 ; 349,627 123,368 6 6 74,534 62,056 35,322 ■ .. | 54,219 j 24,871 i 51,963 14,365 18,102 I 7,406 ! 32,868 i 129,01118 0 1897-98 1,090 376,796 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 9 6 1898-99 86,529 72,710 I 41,991 .. | 64,386 28,448 I 59,631 16,202 19,990 | 8,193 32,696 673 431,449 139,957 4 0 1899-1900 93,762 77,431 44,384 70,416 ' 30,680 63,787 16,957 21,393 8,539 33,491 147,686 8 6 1900-1901 85,460 68,066 13,834 607 461,447 52,691 14,702 80,629 24,534 70,999 13,363 23,745 0,855 | 35,067 560 490,505 154,434 1 0 1901-1902 1902-1903 49,529 54,268 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 .. .92,708 75,700 119,593 .. 102,641 32,128 ! 43,042 556 556,316 173,317 5 0 33,409 70,122 76,613 34,508 i | 48,852 558 616,264 191,904 13 0 I | * First issued on 17th June 1895.