REMITTANCE SERVICES
28. The general upward trend in Postal business was also apparent in the Money Order and Postal Order remittance facilities.
29. 10,541 Money Orders were dealt with to a total value of $2,048,677 as against the previous year's totals of 9,056 and $1,817,975 respectively, an approximate overall increase of 10%.
30. As regards Postal Orders, 63,607 orders valued at $1,072,851 were dealt with as compared with the previous year's totals of 65,213 orders valued $828,735. The paradox of a reduction in number of orders but an increase in value is attri- butable to the introduction of the 42/- British Postal Order as against the previous highest value of 21/-.
31. The revenue from Money Order and Postal Order business amounted to $62,376.00.
RADIO LICENSING AND INSPECTION
32. General. In my report for 1951/52 I suggested a tendency for the ordinary broadcast listener to transfer to the more easily operated Rediffusion service. The figures in ensuing paragraphs, whilst confirming this prognostication do nevertheless reflect a slight revival in the popularity of ordinary broadcasting which I suggest may be attributed to the increased hours of broadcasting from Radio Hong Kong.
33. Licences. The total number of licences of all kinds in force at 31st March, 1953, was 43,034 as compared with 41,636 in the previous year. Practically the whole of the increase was in the ordinary domestic receiver licences which rose from 41,211 in 1951/52 to 42,606.
REDIFFUSION
34. This service continues to grow in popularity, probably on account of the long hours of service it provides.
Tho royalties received by Government in 1952/53 totalled $557,052 an increase of $63,552 over the previous year.
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