202
Table II.
STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND AGENCIES REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE AND PARCELS FOR 1907.
Comparison with 1906.
International & Local.
Description of Correspondence.
Total Total 1907. 1906.
Despatched. Received.
Increase. Decrease.
Insured Letters,....
335
Registered Articles,
345,959
371
706 399,390 745,349 | 672,186
550
156
73,163
Insured Parcels vid Gibraltar,
1,850
1,772
3,622 3,697
75
Insured Parcels via Brindisi,
102
129
231
214
17
:
Insured Parcels rià Marseilles, Ordinary Parcels riú Gibraltar,
313
313
321
00
14,605
13,569
28,174
24.435
3,739
Ordinary Parcels via Brindisi,.
271
331
602
507
95
Ordinary Parcels via Marseilles,
1,031
1,031
950
81
America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,
1,827
2,841
4,668
4,251
417
...
German Parcels by German Steamers,
438
1,861
2,299
2,547
248
French Parcels received by French
Steamers,
958
958
910
48
Insured Indian Parcels,
501
500
Ordinary Indian Parcels,
1,274
1,737
Australian Parcels,
1,057
818
68,462 60,252 8,210
Japanese Parcels,
2,092
1,884
Miscellaneous Parcels,
41,007
17,592
411,318
445,097
856,415 770,820
85,926
331
Parcels received for China Fleet,
2,267
2,267
2,410
143
Parcels, Shanghai and Agencies,.
20,409
Registered Articles, Shanghai,...
51,458
Registered Articles, Agencies,...
2,920
80,490 118,135
5,053
13,872 34,281 30,807 3,474 29,032 2,133
37,645
4,715
338
(Exclusive of articles also passing through Hongkong,).........
74,787
47,304 122,091 156,067
3,812 37,788
Grand Total for 1907, 978,506; increase of 51,619 against 1906.
Table III.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE,
Receipts.
1906.
1907. Increase.
Decrease.
Expenditure.
1906.
1907. Increase. Decrease.
$
$
$
Sale of Stamps. Hongkong....
275.158.77289,189.26 14.030.49
Transit Payments
Do., at the }
106,189.51114,861.67 8,672.16
Agencies,
Unpaid Postage,
6,763.24
5,375.37
1,387.87
to the United Kingdom,
Transit Payments
to other Coun- tries,
17,656.456,759.70
10,916.75
45,128.85 45,104.12
24.73
Boxholders Fees, 7,480.32 7,601.20 120.88
Gratuities
Profit on Ex-
change Money Order
transactions,
Interest
Commission on {
14.613.16 14.045.11
Money Orders, f
on
9,665.76 12.781.98
3.116.22
568.05
to Shipmasters for the conveyance of Mails,.
3.799.99 4,091.38
291.39
Contribution to- wards P. & 0. Subsidy,
116,418.94 116,430.19
11.20
on
Money Order
546.73
1,458.43
911.70
Fund,
Commission on } Money Orders,. Working Expenses, 174,367.13192,124.81
2,112.72
1,962.27
150.45
17,757.68
Void
Money
Orders
and
36.55
107.90
71.35
Postal Notes,
Total Receipts,
420,454.04445,120,92 | 26,922.80 1,955,92 | Total Expenditure, 359,484.08 | 366,452,47
Profit,
Totals, $420,454.04 445,420.92
18,060.32 11,091.93
60,969.96 78,968.45
Totals,
$420,454.04 445,420.92