CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6]

Table G.-MONEY ORDER BUSINESS, 1897.

MONEY ORDER BUSINESS, 1897,-Continued.

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Number of Orders Amount Colonial Commission Total Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on United Kingdom, 2,623 £1,657. 7. 3 $301.90 Do. Do. on Queensland, 27 £81.11. 0 $5.39 Do. Do. on New South Wales, 98 £242. 9. 9 Brought forward.... $2.57 Do. Do. on Victoria, 79 £177.15. 6 $2.25 Do. Do. on South Australia, 10 £18. 9. 7 $0.48 Do. Do. on Tasmania, 88 £127.15. 9 $1.66 Do. Do. on New Zealand, 15 £39.12.11 $7.13 st Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports, 868 $217. 0. 0 $993.44 Total Outward Orders in Sterling,.. 2,910 £9,345. 1. 9 $320.47 Total Sterling Orders,....... 6,360 £3,179. 2. 6 $993.44 United Kingdom on Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports, Queensland 1,204 $3,816.17. 6 Do., 2,289 $15,895. 3. 2 $194.67 New South Wales 831 $4,024. 3. 5 $425.25 Do., 632 $3,707. 7.10 Victoria 184 $1,425. 3.10 South Australia 127 Tasmania 244 New Zealand Total Inward Orders in Sterling, 5,611 $30,590.11.11 $2,823.99

Local Postal Notes Payable in Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports.

Number of Orders Amount 25-Cent Notes, 50 $34.75 139 $93.50 $ 1.00 127 $127.00 2.00 153 $306.00 3.00 149 $447.00 4.00 169 $676.00 5.00 246 $1,280.00 Total Outward Orders in Gold Dollars,..... 1,434 $5,554.25 Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on United States of America, 241 $2,562.53 Do. on Canada, 188 $1,844.59 on Hawaii 32 $717.94 Total Outward Orders in Gold Dollars, $41.65 Total Dollar Orders, ....... $111.52 United States of America on Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports, 314 $4,844.12 Do., Canada 163 $4,530.08 Do., Hawaii 3 $15.20 Totul Inward Orders in Gold Dollars, 480 $9,889.40

In Silver Dollars.

Number of Orders Amount Commission Hongkong on Shanghai, 131 $2,909.91 $50.20 Do. on Coast Ports, 23 $471.98 $8.40 Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on Japan (including transfers from Australia, Straits, Borneo, &c., } 2,495 $149,355.66 $95.04 Do. Do. on Straits Settlements, 172 $2,981.75 $35.54 on Sium, 12 $817.86 $1.18 Do. on British North Borneo, $122.25 $2.17 Total Outward Orders in Silver Dollars, 2,847 $156,109.41 $199.53 Shanghai on Hongkong and Coast Ports, 100 $1,893.19 $40.20 Japan on Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports, Straits Settlements 279 $6,749.44 $2.95 Do., 628 $24,368.79 $148.03 Siam 41 $750.75 $7.31 British North Borneo 323 $12,026.44 $120.27 Total Inward Orders in Silver Dollars,. 1,671 $45,789.61 $318.96

In Rupees.

Number of Orders Amount Commission Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on India, 1,000 Rs. 62,402. 0 Rs. 1,153. 7 Do. on Ceylon, 26 Rs. 304.13 Rs. 2.29 Total Outward Orders in Rupees, 1,026 Rs. 63,555. 7 Rs. 306.42 India on Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports, Ceylon 367 Rs. 26,801.14 Rs. 204. 2 Do., Rs. 89.50 Total Inward Orders in Rupees,.... 375 Rs. 27,006. 0 Rs. 89.22

A. M. TuoмSON,

Postmaster General.

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