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Table No. 3. 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, 1917.

At Is. At Is. 6d. I Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. At 2s. At 2s. 6fl. At 3s. At 5s. At 7s. 6d. At 10s. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At £1. At £5.* Number. Value. Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886 1886-87 1887-8S 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1901 1901-1902 1902-1903 1903-1904 1904-1905 1905-1906 1906-1907 1907-1908 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1911 1911-1912 1912-1913 1913-1914 1914-1915 1915-1916 1916-1917 3,019 2,046 16,605 12,283 22,467 17,167 27,428 21,900 32,754 25,387 35,915 28,559 42.416 33,722 48,612 38,849 56.761 44,706 62,306 49,846 68.454 56,185 74,534 62,056 81,958 69,981 86,529 72,710 93.762 77,431 85,478 68,068 49,529 30,255 54,268 33,409 61,379 37,514 65,484 40,263 74,389 45,358 82.417 54,375 89,906 58,202 97,285 59,484 113,825 67,406 130,645 79,792 141,504 85,130 154,201 92,342 172,400 103,753 182,733 107,483 186,873 114,570 184,873 112,639 ! 13,834 62,285 70,122 85,909 86,711 98,503 106,311 124,052 153,925 181,791 211,298 236,665 264,844 298,669 307,934 319,115 322,946 1,012 6,647 9,162 11,912 14,478 16,092 19,3S3 22,038 25,461 28,975 32,.801 35,322 38,617 41,991 44,384 52,691 70,683 76,613 86,626 96,228 108,493 120,321 136,392 162,588 195,168 244,941 263,829 279,311 324,417 346,011 364,086 343,031 14,702 65,467 75,700 89,276 99,739 I 114,411 128,384 143,854 146,148 166,486 201,569 215,984 : 220,109 j 256,231 263,522 267,383 260,956 2,039 969 11,566 5,729 15,553 7,671 19,741 9,477 23,550 10,894 25,204 12,229 29,550 14,019 33,012 I 16,072 37,771 18,096 43,829 20,423 49,204 22,802 54,219 24,871 60,843 26,968 64,386 28,448 70,416 30,680 80,630 24,497 109,663 119,593 134,270 154,281 167,430 187,083 205,500 227,471 261,045 301,707 337,338 367,942 418,712 444,427 461,137 440,215 2.379 13,103 17,487 21,149 24,011 25,906 30,132 32,747 37,687 43,167 47,787 51,963 55,748 59,631 63,787 71,001 92,708 102,641 114,755 130,430 143,216 159,045 171,951 188,677 214,453 242,854 261,600 283,206 312,870 325,071 334,277 301,825 695 4,090 5.278 6.618 7,809 7,969 9.058 9.904 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 95,535 106,560 107,506 111,095 108,978 425 ! 2,866 2,375 14,961 2,932 17,578 3,633 19,778 4,158 22,596 4,366 23,503 4,953 25,839 5,369 28,969 6,156 33,935 6,790 36,601 7,020 33,390 7,406 32,868 7,904 32,179 8,193 32,696 8,539 33,491 6,799 35,067 43,042 48,852 58,629 69,206 76,508 91,193 ! 104,714 I 123,786 143,611 171,900 i 190,823 213,153 245,230 229,640 211, 543 211,000 I I 1,192 1,090 728 673 607 560 556 558 656 638 788 954 423 £ 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 ' 129,012 409,866 134,378 431,449 139,957 461,447 147,686 490,506 154,436 556,316 173,317 616,264 191,905 707,044 . 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 2,286.463 895,819 I * Issued only from 17th June, 1895, to 31st October, 1907.