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.
