MONEY ORDER BUSINESS, 1896,-Continued.
287
Number of
Colonial Total
Amount.
Orders.
Com- mission.
Com-
mission.
Imperial Postal Orders Payable in the United
Kingdom.
Brought forward,.....
£ s. d.
$c.
$ c.
3,819.57
1/- Orders,
1/6
1,376 1,265
68.16. 0
94.17. 6
Sold at Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports,
5/-
908
227. 0. 0
666.99
17
10/- 20/-
1,276
638. 0. 0
2,613
2,613. 0. 0
7,438
3,641.13. 6
666.99
666.99
Total Sterling Orders,
Local Postal Notes Payable in Hongkong, Shanghai
and Coast Ports.
$ c.
25-Cent Notes,.
145
36.25
1.45
50
194
97.00
1.94
J
"
Sold at Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports,
$1.00 2.00
145
145.00
2.90
"
155
310.00
6.20
3.00
157
471.00
9.42
"
4.00
134
536.00
10.72
5.00
253
1,265.00
25.30
31
10.00
362
3,620.00
72.40
"
Total Dollar Notes,
1,545
6,480.25
130.33
130.33
4,616.89
A. M. THOMSON,
Postmaster General.