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Number and value of postal notes received, 1903 to 1907

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Number and value of postal notes received, 1903 to 1907
	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907¹
	number
Value of postal notes
$0.20	39,694	45,737	59,380	74,360	60,346
$0.25	71,530	82,740	112,291	141,672	113,097
$0.30	55,966	63,782	80,675	101,199	79,412
$0.40	53,744	61,046	76,659	94,647	73,843
$0.50	96,008	112,776	149,982	188,784	148,916
$0.60	46,098	52,447	64,742	82,451	65,847
$0.70	31,066	33,240	38,248	43,968	33,824
$0.75	48,188	60,421	78,782	91,598	70,982
$0.80	39,492	47,192	59,143	70,379	52,358
$0.90	35,201	39,780	47,982	57,953	46,613
$1.00	173,114	206,924	270,258	332,506	271,583
$1.50	80,509	89,985	109,790	128,585	105,002
$2.00	114,053	132,805	168,255	203,945	162,939
$2.50	46,211	53,219	64,713	75,894	62,574
$3.00	68,804	83,001	106,226	129,484	102,974
$4.00	49,577	60,507	78,416	93,558	75,497
$5.00	147,308	140,871	172,643	206,356	164,017
$10.00	-	65,244	105,800	131,128	106,933
Postal notes issued to postmaters in number	1,285,225	1,521,580	1,925,955	2,344,965	1,912,885
Total notes received in number	1,196,563	1,431,717	1,843,985	2,248,467	1,796,757
	$
Total value	2,046,095	2,898,751	3,879,569	4,707,564	3,786,877
Commission received	24,466	30,970	40,378	49,120	39,335
Value of notes issued in number	2,178,168	2,350,171	4,054,796	4,923,090	4,035,824
1. Nine months.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1907.