206
Table VII.
RETURN OF DEAD LETTERS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED IN THE DEAD LETTER BRANCH.
RETURNED TO HONGKONG.
RETURNED BY HONGKONG.
Letters.
Other Post Cards. Articles.
Letters.
Post Other Cards. Articles.
United Kingdom,
2,819
873
626
2,872
406
9,225
India,
947
42
92
2,744
540
648
Straits Settlements,
3,353
44
54
2,578
75
803
Ceylon,.
146
31
99
38
52
Batavia, N. I.,
98
2
359
Egypt,
38
5
2
133
Continent of Europe,
842
U. S. of America,
3,358
435
170
2,054
Canada,
395
40'
24
339
Mexico,
175
1
13
Honolulu,
134
7
Manila,
152
18
5
301
Japan,.
295
144
312
580
ཚིག ག བ 1:|: མ
28
89
41
65
326
1,960
235
34
2,155 241
...
30
67
329
307
China,.
4,530
81
1,244
7,690
352
753
French Indo-China,
92
27
379
19
78
Foreign Offices in China,
317
37
13
168
11
11
Macao,
Siam,
212
2
7
68
10
8
Victoria,
126
18
9
106
15
81
New South Wales,
112
19
10
230
51
112
South Australia,
17
4
24
9
12
Western Australia,
50
6
30
5
41
Queensland,
32
3
57
34
Tasmania,
14
12
10
2
New Zealand,
74
40
8
54
12
29
Natal (inclusive of all South Africa),
246
13
27
Transvaal,
399
32
8
Other Places,
2,680
582
1,408
135
Shanghai,....
3,164
437
5,808
B. P. O.'s in China,
557
28
638
Total in 1907,
Total in 1906,
23,969 19,968
2,899 2,629
10,486 22,417 12.327 17,971 2,410 16,363
2,636
16,815