POST, TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES

Post-nards, &c,, delivered in 1911-12 : —

85

tj

-o 1

'C .

"O .

—

England & "Wales

Per hea

of pop.

Scotland

Per hea of pop

Ireland

Per hea of pop

United Kingdom

OS o,

Millions

Millions

Millions

Millions

Post-cards . .

779-5

21-5

ss-i

18-6

37-9

8-7

905-5

20-0

Halfpenny-

packets . .

904-

24-9

110-5

23-3

51-8

11-8

1,066-7

23 -b

Newspapers .

153-

4-2

24-1

5-1

21-2

4-8

198-8

4-4

Parcels . . .

103-

29

13-5

2-S

8-2

1-9

125-2

2-8

Number and value of money orders issued : —

Year

Inland Orders

Total (incl. Colonial

and Foreign)

ended March 31

Number

Amount

Number

13,405,000 13,381,000 13,449,000 14,436,000 14,658,000

Amount

1905 1909 1910 1911 1912

10,697,000 10,232,000 10,105,000 10,626,000 10,514,000

£ 35.871,000 39,307,000 39,508,000 41,951,000 42,393,000

£ 43,161,000 48,142,000 48,892,000 52,886,000 54,220,000

The table includes telegraph orders, the number of which, issued inland, in 1911-12 was 665, 000 to the amount of 2, 307, OOOZ., while those issued to or from foreign and colonial countries numbered 34,573 to the amount of 395,098Z.

The inland orders in 1911-12 were as follows :—

England Scotland Ireland

Total, U.K.

Number

Value

8,906,000

1,014,000

594,000

Number per cent, of Population

10,514,000

£

35,514,000

4,490,000

2,389,000

42,893,000

24-6 21-4 13-6

23-2

& Postal orders issued in the United Kingdom

Yeai

ended

March 31

1905 91,249,000

1908 122,893,000

1909 115,833,000

Value

36,663,000 43,115,000 44,059,000

Year

ended

March 31

1910 1911 1912

Number

Value

121,513,000 45,557,000 127,368,000 47,212,000 128,844,000 48,030,000

The postal orders issued abroad in 1911-12 numbered 5,389,000, value

£3,363,000.