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

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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