TABLE 2.
Comparative statement of letter mails dealt with during the years 1949/50 and 1950/51.
Mails to and from Hong Kong
Mails in Transit
Air Mails
Surface Mails
Bags
Pkts.
Bags Pkts.
Bags Pkts.
Received in 1949/50
15,775
774
105,296
96
64,329 1,679
Received in 1950/51
11,819
469
106,943
49
58,860 2,023
Increased
1,647
344
Decreased
3,956
305
47
5,469
Despatched in 1949/50
13,594
88,984
Despatched in 1950/51
12,470
366
134,759
Increased Decreased
366
45,775
1,124
TABLE 3.
Statement showing the number of INSURED
and REGISTERED articles dealt with during 1949/50 & 1950/51.
INSURED ARTICLES.
Posted at
Received
Posted and delivered
Hong Kong
from other
In
for other
countries for
transit
Total Number
in Hong Kong
countries
Hong Kong
1949/50 .....
1950/51
N H
1
416
85
1
503
2
378
64
77
451
Increase
1
6
7
Decrease
*****
38
21
59
REGISTERED ARTICLES.
1949/50
204,447
667,349
890,038
73,219
1950/51
366,486
688,601
1,163,741
73,800
1,835,053 2,292,628
Increase
162,039
21,252
273,703
581
457,575
Decrease
17