TABLE III.
Number of Parcels Received and Despatched at Hong Kong From 1.4.1949 to 31.3.1950.
9
Received
Total
for
Country
Locally
Posted
In
Des-
Delivery
Transit
patched
in
Total
1949/50
Total
1948/49
Comparison with 1948/49
Hong Kong
Increase Decrease
Australia
Ordinary
5,983
276
6,259
3,066
9,325
10,334
1,009
Australia
Insured
349
349
998
1,347
1,586
239
China
Ordinary
37,584
676
38,260
4,104
42,364
36,968
5,396
France
Ordinary
119
137
256
490
746
2,174
1,428
India
Ordinary
3,392
948
4,340
1,536
5,876
9,367
3,491
India
Insured
1,175
1,175
48
1,223
591
632
Japan
Ordinary
4,667
152
4,819
2,350
7,169
1,286
5,883
Malaya
Ordinary
14,328
718
15,046
8,341
23,387
22,466
921
Malaya
Insured
760
2
752
61
813
894
81
Malaya
C.O.D.
37
37
23
60
7
53
United Kingdom.. Ordinary
33,048
1,088
34,136
35,002
69,138
71,240
United Kingdom.. Insured
31,892
4
31,896
3,657
35,553
41,201
2,102
5,648
United Kingdom.. | C.O.D.
1,130
1,130
475
655
U.S.A. & Honolulu | Ordinary
32,138
13
32,151
111,082
143,233
U.S.A. & Honolulu Air
4,763
4,763
2,312
7,075
106,358
2,111
36,875
4,964
Miscellaneous
Ordinary
22,866
2,584
25,450
10,108
35,558
28,827
6,731
Miscellaneous
Insured
265
7
272
129
401
390
11
Miscellaneous
Air
205
205
555
760
215
545
193,561 |
6,605
200,166 | 184,992
385,158
336,490
62,666
13,998
Parcels posted in Hong Kong for local delivery:
164
168
4
385,322
| 336,658
62,666
14,002
TOTAL INCREASE:
48,664