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

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