_Received from_ _manufacturers_: 1c. 5c. 10c. 12-1/2c. 17c. quarter ending 30th Sept. 1859 1,000,400 1,000,089 200,000 200,000 50,000 year ending 30th Sept. 1860 2,000,050 2,499,986 300,000 300,000 50,000 year ending 30th Sept. 1861 2,200,100 3,400,300 499,998 199,996 50,000 year ending 30th Sept. 1862 2,799,900 3,300,350 400,000 399,996 50,000 year ending 30th Sept. 1863 3,500,200 4,300,450 600,050 300,000 100,000 9mos. ending 30th June 1864 3,000,000 3,999,999 800,000 399,990 49,999 year ending 30th June 1865 3,064,800 4,890,598 700,000 676,600 100,000 year ending 30th June 1866 3,910,000 8,100,000 800,000 400,100 50,000 year ending 30th June 1867 5,100,000 5,100,500 999,650 299,950 100,000 year ending 30th June 1868 (?)900,000 3,199,900 400,000 ? ...... ---------- --------- ------- --------- ------- Totals 27,475,450 39,792,172 5,799,698 3,176,632 599,999 The yearly supplies of the 2 cent stamps, first appearing in the 1865 accounts, were as follows:-- 1865 360,000 1866 300,000 1867 200,500 1868 50,000(?) ------- Total 910,500 Unfortunately the stamp accounts for 1868 do not separate the supplies received in the old and new designs, so that in the case of the 1, 2 and 12-1/2 cent stamps, which appear in both issues, the quantity delivered by the manufacturers is a total which we cannot divide with certainty. An approximation may perhaps be made, particularly with the 2 cent stamp. The balance of this value on hand 30th June, 1867, was 171,000, and the deliveries in the year ending 30th June, 1868, were 2,050,000. Inasmuch as the yearly issue of this value had been some 250,000, the probability is that the odd 50,000 delivered belonged to the 1859 series, as this would make 221,000 for the nine month's supply to 1st April; the even two millions were doubtless the order for the new series. The yearly issue of the 1 cent had been some 3-1/2 to 4 millions; if from the 2,900,000 received, according to the 1868 Report, we take the odd 900,000, we find it makes 3,308,900 when combined with the balance on hand in 1867. This gives a sufficient supply for the nine months of the old issue and leaves an even two millions again for the new series. The 12-1/2 cent presents a slightly different aspect. The yearly issue had been some 400,000, and the amount on hand in 1867 was 385,750--without doubt a plentiful supply for the nine months preceding the issue of the new stamps. It must be remembered, also, in all these cases, that the "amount on hand" was that of the Department's stock, and that the postmasters were of course in possession of local stocks. It