Letter Mails. 1951 total letter traffic
POSTED
Air Mails
TABLE 1.
LETTER MAILS HANDLED.
During the year (1950/51).
From statistics taken duing the early months of is estimated as follows:
Letters and cards Printed papers, etc.
8,500,000
115,000
8,615,000
Surface Mails
Letters and cards Printed papers, etc.
16,176,000
3,249,000 19,425,000
For local delivery Letters and cards
7,608,000
Printed papers, etc.
3,497,000
11,103,000
Total POSTED items in one year:
39,143,000
DELIVERED
Received from
overseas
Letters and cards Printed papers, etc.
33,440,000
2,497,000
35,937,000
Posted in Hong Kong for local delivery
Letters and cards
7,606,000
Printed papers, etc.
3,497,000 .... 11,103,000
TRANSIT
Total DELIVERED items in one year: 47,040,000
Received at Hong Kong from other countries for despatch to other countries, (e.g., from France to Philippines, etc.).
Air Mails
Letters and cards
Printed papers, etc.
Surface Mails
Letters and cards
Printed papers, etc.
1,116,000 5,000
1,121,000
186,000
34,000
*
220,000
Total TRANSIT items in one year: 1,341,000
In addition, 58,860 'through' bags of TRANSIT mails were handled at Hong Kong during the year.
POSTED DELIVERED
TRANSIT
SUMMARY.
Total number of items (excluding parcels) handled
during the year
16
39,143,000
47,040,000
1,341,000
87,524,000