_s._ _d._
To Adelaide 2 0
Antigua 1 8
Australia 2 1
Bermuda 0 8
Brazil 3 9
Cape Verde 2 10
Cape of Good Hope 2 0
Chili 1 7
Cuba 1 3
Denmark 1 10
The following figures show the increase in the sale of postage stamps in
Nova Scotia in the first four years after their introduction, viz.:
£ _s._ _d._
1852 Amount sold 325 2 6
1853 ” 473 4 8
1854 ” 898 0 6
1855 ” 1656 16 3
An increase of five hundred per cent.—_The Halifax Philatelist_, vol.
ii., page 7.