TABLE I
Mails received and despatched during the period 1/5/46 to 31/3/47
and the period 1/4/47 to 31/3/48.
(8)
2,242
757
3,851
1,983
1,609
1,226
Mails for and from Hong Kong only
Steamers & Aeroplanes carrying mails
Mails in Transit
Surface Mails
Air Mails
Steamers
Aeroplanes
Bags
Pkts,
Bags
Pkts.
Bags
Pkts.
Received in 1946-47
50,669
990
6,630
447
69,916
169
1,850
864
Received in 1947-48
79,549
560
11,504
777
128,930
294
2,774
2,002
Increased
28,880
4,874
330
59,014
125
924
1,138
Decreased
430
Despatched in 1946-47.
31,502
222
5,221
Despatched in 1947-48.
67,879
10,317
Increased
36,377
5,096
Decreased
222