TABLE I
SUMMARY OF POSTAL STATISTICS
1965-66
(1) NUMBER OF POSTAL ARTICLES POSTED IN HONG KONG
(A) TO DESTINATIONS ABROAD
(1) Letters, Postcards and Aerogrammes
(ii) Printed Papers, etc.
(a) Printed Papers, Samples, etc.... (b) Small Packets (China
Mainland)
(c) Small Packets (Other
Destinations)
(iii) Registered articles (iv) Parcels
(B) FOR LOCAL DELIVERY
(i) Letters, Postcards
(ii) Printed Papers, etc.
(iii) Registered articles
(iv) Parcels
:
: :
14,707,600
***
5,247,700
单
52,324,700
203,700 20,159,000
2,678,157
1,469,727 76,631,584
... 33,905,400 24,716,700 2,460,669
(2) RECEIVED FROM ABROAD FOR LOCAL DELIVERY
(i) Letters, Postcards and Acrogrammes
(ii) Printed Papers, etc.
(iii) Registered articles
(iv) Parcels
(3) IN TRANSIT
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(i) Letters, Postcards and Aerogrammes
(ii) Printed Papers, etc.
(iii) Registered articles
5,128 61,087,897
53,342,800
6,952,200
1,955,059
420,661 62,670,720
1,810,700
236,000
81,039
(iv) Parcels
16,602 2,144,341
SUMMARY AND COMPARISON
Increase or
Number of Postal Articles Handled
1964-65
1965-66
Decrease
%
(1A) Posted to destinations abroad (1B) Posted for local delivery
(2)
Received from abroad for local
delivery
(3) In Transit
***
72,701,900* 50,616,100
76,631,600 + 5.4% 61,087,900 + 20.7%
64,917,200
62,670,700
3.5%
2,119,400
2,144,300 + 1.2
1.2%
Total Handled:
190,354,600
202,534,500 + 6.4%
44
47+
No. of post offices in operation
* This figure includes 8,367,700 Small Packets (China Mainland) which were not included in the statistics given in Table I of the Annual Report for 1964-65 as this category has hitherto been regarded as abnormal postings.
Including 2 mobile offices operating in the New Territories.
This substantial increase was caused by monthly bulk postings of accounts by a large undertaking which had previously delivered their accounts by hand.
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