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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
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.