TABLE 1
LETTER MAILS HANDLED DURING THE YEAR 1952/53
From statistics taken at two fortnightly periods during the year the total letters (excluding registered and in- sured items) posted and delivered and handled in transit was estimated as follows:-
Posted
Air Mails
Letters and cards Printed papers
9,681,412
302,380 9,983,792
Surface Mails
Letters and cards Printed papers
18,803,512
2,422,732 21,226,244
For Local Delivery Letters and cards
12,627,472
Printed papers
3,574,142 16,201,614
Total posted articles
47,411,650
Delivered
Rec'd from
overseas
Posted in Hong
Kong for Local Delivery
Transit
Letters and cards
28,699,940
Printed papers
2,425,228 31,095,168
Letters and cards
12,627,472
Printed papers
3,574,142 16,201,614
Total delivered articles
47,296,782
Air Mails
Letters and cards
900,380
Printed papers
29,744 930,124
Surface Mails
Letters and cards
99,632
Printed papers
62,348
161,980
Total transit articles
1,092,104
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