APPENDIX I
TABLE I
SUMMARY OF POSTAL STATISTICS
(MILLIONS)
(1) NUMBER OF POSTAL ARTICLES POSTED IN HONG KONG
(A) TO DESTINATIONS ABROAD
(i) Fully Paid Items
(ii) Reduced Rate Items
(a) for overseas (see Table II)
1970-71
67.7
24.7
(b) packets for People's Republic of China
4.4
29.1
(iii) Registered Articles
4.0
A
(iv) Parcels
2.6
103.4
(B) FOR LOCAL DELIVERY
(i) Fully Paid Items
(ii) Reduced Rate Items
(iii) Registered Articles
(iv) Parcels
(2) RECEIVED FROM ABROAD FOR LOCAL DELIVERY
(i) Fully Paid Items
(ii) Reduced Rate Items
(iii) Registered Articles
(iv) Parcels
(3) IN TRANSIT
(i) Fully Paid Items
(ii) Reduced Rate Items (iii) Registered Articles
**
(iv) Parcels
SUMMARY AND COMPARISON
61.0
64.8
4.3
0.02
130.1
50.1
8.1
2.4
婆
0.5
61.1
1.7
0.2
0.1
0.03
2.0
Number of Postal Articles Handled
1969-70*
Increase or
1970-71
Decrease %
(1A) Posted to destinations abroad
92.9
103.4
+11
(1B) Posted for local delivery
101.3
130.1
+28
(2)
Received from abroad for local delivery
60.5
61.1
+ 1
(3)
In Transit ...
1.7
2.0
+18
Total Handled
256.4
296.6
+16
* Retrospectively adjusted.
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