Balance on hand 30th June, 1865, 18,169 56,103 Returned by Post Masters, unsold, 382 225 ------ ------ 18,551 56,328 Issued to 30th June, 1866, 16,225 625 ------ ------ Balance 30th June, 1866, 2,326 55,703 Returned by Post Masters, unsold, 193 ------ ------ 2,326 55,896 Deduct envelopes short received, 10 ------ ------ 2,316 55,896 Issued to 30th. June, 1867, 2,270 172 ------ ------ Balance 30th. June, 1867, 46 55,724 These figures are the last that appear concerning the first issue of envelopes, the next Report, as already stated, having no mention of them at all. It was very probably because there were not enough to supply the added Provinces of the Dominion, in the case of the 5 cent envelopes, and principally because they did not seem to be popular enough to warrant continuing their use that the envelopes did not remain in issue under the Dominion Government. An inspection of the above table shows that the 5 cent envelopes were apparently issued at an average rate of perhaps 15,000 a year, while 800 only of the 10 cent were ordinarily put forth. This might indicate a fair consumption of the lower value by the public, particularly as the total receipt from the manufacturers was 225,000 and but 46 remainders are given at the close of the account. But it must be remembered that the table gives the quantities "issued to postmasters" and not the sales to the public by the postmasters. We know the public did not take particularly to the use of the envelopes, so that there were doubtless large quantities of them in postmaster's hands when their sale was discontinued. These would naturally be returned to the Department and destroyed, which would of course materially reduce the quantity issued as taken from the tables. Unfortunately these latter figures have not been obtainable; but it is certain from the rarity of used copies that nothing like 224,954 of the 5 cent and 44,276 of the 10 cent envelopes could have been sold to the public. We are able to illustrate an entire used copy of each value as Numbers 130 and 131 on Plate XIV. [Illustration]