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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, 1924.

Number of Postal Notes sold. Total. Year. ' At Is. At Is. 6d. At 2s. j At 2s. 6d. At 3s. At 5s. I At 7s (Id. At ios. At 12s. 6d. At 15s. A 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 At 15s. At 17s. 6d. At 17s. 6d. At £1. | At £5.* j Number. Value. £ 425 2,866 .. 16,442 6,910 2,375 14,961 .. 92,546 37,659 2.952 17,578 .. 122,255 47,729 3,633 19,778 .. 149,879 56,842 4,158 22,596 .. 175,023 65,484 4,366 23,503 .. 189,915 69,722 4.953 25,839 i .. 220,683 79,326 5,369 28,969 ! .. 247,902 87,857 6,156 33,935 i .. 285,389 101,002 6,790 36,601 .. 319,368 112,308 7,020 33,390 1.192 ; 349.027 123,368 7,406 32,868 1,090 | 376,796 129,012 7,904 32,179 728 j 409,866 134,378 8,193 32,696 ! 673 i 431,449 13y,957 8,539 33,491 607 461,447 147,686 6,799 35,067 560 490,506 154,436 43,042 556 556,316 173,317 48,852 558 616.264 191,905 58,629 656 707,044 220,070 69,206 688 785,347 250,123 70,508 788 875,324 276,279 91,193 954 981,642 314,053 104,714 423 1,092,631 347,300 123,786 .. 1,222,280 389.143 143,611 .. 1,414,752 447,619 171,900 .. 1,666,959 524,943 190,823 .. 1,821,566 574,980 213,153 .. 1,970,643 636,473 245,230 .. 2,238.842 721,743 229,640 .. 2,314,327 725.118 211,543 .. | 2,370,079 723,314 211,000 .. i 2,286,463 695,819 194,180 .. I 2,166,597 638.2^6 192,751 .. 2.091,051 619,605 208,177 .. 2,197.520 655.910 234.601 .. 2,280,219 705,027 238.517 .. 2,377.622 739,783 233,809 .. 2,434,506 747 025 243,519 .. 2.652,777 804.343 2,046 .. 1,012 .. 2,039 12,283 .. 0,647 ., 11,566 17,167 .. ' 9,162 .. 15,553 21,900 .. 11,912 .. 19,741 25,387 .. 14,478 .. 23,550 28,559 .. 16,092 .. 25,204 33,722 .. 19,383 .. 29,550 38.849 .. ! 22,038 .. 33,012 44,706 .. i 25,461 .. 37,771 49.S46 .. '' 28,975 .. 43,829 56,185 .. 32,801 .. 49,204 62,056 i .. 35,322 .. 54,219 69,981 | .. 38.617 .. 60,843 72,710 .. - 41.991 .. 64,386 77,431 .. 44,384 .. 70,416 68,068 13,834 52,691 14,702 80,630 30,255 62,285 70,683 65,467 109,663 33,409 70,122 76,613 75,700 119,593 37,514 85,909 86,626 89,276 134.270 40,263 86,711 96.228 99.739 154,281 45.358 98,503 108,493 114,411 167,430 54,375 106,311 120,321 128,384 187,083 58,202 124,052 136.392 143,854 205,500 59,484 i 153,925 162,588 146,148 227,471 67,406 ! 181.791 195,168 166,486 261,045 79,792 211.298 244,941 201,569 301,707 85,130 236,665 263,829 215,984 337,338 92,342 264,844 279,311 220,109 367.942 103,753 298,669 324,417 256,231 418,712 107,483 307,934 346,011 263,522 444,427 114,570 319,115 I 364,086 267,383 461,137 112,639 322,946 ! 343,031 260,956 440,215 115,867 316,266 I 337,418 258,421 401,696 114,553 299,791 I 326,398 253,728 381,202 121,037 310,105 I 339,341 268,032 396,994 120,888 309,049 342,040 266,119 410,584 120.780 314,035 352,681 259.372 445,995 130.275 331,376 348,779 236,877 475.947 145.277 366,241 385,307 247,915 528,178 '■ Quarter ended Mar. 31,1886J 3,019 1886-87 .. .. 16,605 1887-88 .. .. 22,467 1888-89 .. ..27,428 1889-90 .. .. 32,754 1890-91 *'.'. .. 35,915 1891-92 .. .. 42,416 1892-93 .. .. 48,612 1893-94 .. .. 56,761 1894-95 .. .. 62,306 1895-96 .. .. 68,454 1896-97 .. -.1 74,534 1897-98 .. .. 81,958 1898-99 .. .. 86,529 1899-1900 .. .. 93,762 1900-1901 .. .. 85,478 1901-1902 .. .. 49,529 1902-1903 .. - .. 54,268 1903-1904 .. .. I 61,379 1904-1905 .. .. | 65,484 1905-1906 .. .. 74,389 1906-1907 .. .. 82,417 1907-1908 .. .. 89,906 1908-1909 .. .. 97,285 1909-1910 .. .. 113,825 1910-1911 .. .. 130,645 1911-1912 .. .. 141,504 1912-1913 .. .. 154,201 1913-1914 .. .. 172,400 1914-1915 .. .. 182,733 1915-1916 .. .. 186.873 1916-1917 .. .. 184,873 1917-1918 .. . 187,005 1918-1919 .. .. 181,824 1919-1920 .. .. 196,327 1920-1921 .. .. 217,553 1921-1922 .. .. 239.187 1922-1923 .. .. 262,172 1923-1924 .. .. 285,065 969 5,729 7,671 9,477 10,894 12.229 14,019 16,072 18,090 20,423 22,802 24,871 26,968 28.448 30,680 24,497 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 92,708 102,641 114,755 130,430 143,216 159,045 171,951 188,077 214,453 • 242,854 261,600 283,206 312,870 325,071 334.277 301,825 252,396 238,337 246.688 254, S68 269,863 276,650 299.987 695 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 I I III I * Issued only from 17th June, 1895. to 31st October, 1907.