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Operations of the money order system in Canada, 1868 to 1907

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Operations of the money order system in Canada, 1868 to 1907
	Orders issued in Canada	Value of orders issued in Canada	Payable in Canada	Payable in other countries	Value of orders issued in other countries payable in Canada
	number	$
1868	90,163	3,352,881	2,959,763	393,118	90,580
1869	96,627	3,563,645	3,193,306	370,339	100,823
1870	110,021	3,910,250	3,489,610	420,640	117,914
1871	120,521	4,546,434	4,067,735	478,699	126,694
1872	136,422	5,154,120	4,573,020	581,100	147,230
1873	161,096	6,239,505	5,569,298	670,207	160,696
1874	179,851	6,757,427	6,090,173	667,254	177,501
1875	181,091	6,711,539	6,132,095	579,444	181,091
1876	238,668	6,866,618	6,157,813	708,805	359,314
1877	253,962	6,856,821	6,164,826	691,995	408,286
1878	269,417	7,130,896	6,412,577	718,319	458,746
1879	281,725	6,788,723	6,086,521	702,202	505,834
1880	306,088	7,207,337	6,385,211	822,126	698,652
1881	338,238	7,725,212	6,679,547	1,045,665	1,002,735
1882	372,248	8,354,154	7,018,526	1,335,628	1,194,029
1883	419,613	9,490,899	7,634,735	1,856,164	1,236,275
1884	463,502	10,067,835	7,971,920	2,095,915	1,262,867
1885	499,243	10,384,211	8,254,003	2,130,208	1,185,751
1886	529,458	10,231,189	8,146,096	2,085,093	1,245,957
1887	574,899	10,328,985	8,093,887	2,235,098	1,495,674
1888	630,968	10,916,618	8,520,776	2,395,842	1,726,011
1889	673,813	11,265,920	8,692,419	2,573,501	1,756,945
1890	780,503	11,997,861	9,359,434	2,638,427	1,851,059
1891	855,619	12,478,178	9,854,052	2,624,126	1,984,360
1892	919,996	12,825,701	10,210,099	2,615,602	2,077,887
1893	967,866	12,902,976	10,404,857	2,498,119	2,269,635
1894	1,042,410	13,245,990	10,487,280	2,758,710	2,224,344
1895	1,092,052	13,187,322	10,736,648	2,450,674	2,055,984
1896	1,131,152	13,081,861	10,726,661	2,355,200	2,124,553
1897	1,162,209	12,987,231	10,680,835	2,306,396	2,245,467
1898	1,164,857	14,518,480	12,082,658	2,435,822	2,162,971
1899	1,061,373	14,467,997	12,001,224	2,466,773	2,221,385
1900	1,074,922	16,209,069	13,148,520	3,060,549	2,470,565
1901	1,151,024	17,956,258	14,324,289	3,631,969	2,592,845
1902	1,446,129	23,549,402	18,423,035	5,126,367	3,575,803
1903	1,668,705	26,868,202	20,761,078	6,107,124	4,604,528
1904	1,869,233	29,652,811	21,706,474	7,946,337	5,197,122
1905	1,924,130	32,349,476	23,410,485	8,938,991	5,602,257
1906	2,178,549	37,355,673	26,133,565	11,222,108	6,533,201
1907¹	1,845,278	32,160,098	21,958,855	10,201,243	5,393,042
Totals for 40 fiscal years	90,263,641	511,645,805	404,703,906	106,941,899	72,826,613
1. Nine months.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.