382
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH APRIL, 1883.
(B.)-MONEY ORDER BUSINESS,
No. of Orders.
Amount.
Colonial Com- mission,
Total
Com-
"
Hongkong on London,
Hongkong or Shanghai on Queensland,
In Sterling.
Shanghai
mission,
£ s. d.
$
C.
1,618
6,813, 6. 7
322.88
968
8,526. 0.10
180.81
8
20. 6. 6
1.60
an New South Wales,
26
168.11. 8
14.20
""
27
on South Australia,.
37,15. 0
8.40
on Western Australia,
Total Outward Orders in Sterling,..
2,026
10,566. 8. 7 - 622.89
$529.89
27
on Shanghai,
London on Hongkong,
Queensland on Hongkong or Shanghai,
111
288. 2. 8
15.44
47
162.14. 1
8.13
171
1,102. 4.
59.00
New South Wales on
385
2,595.16. 0
126.93
South Australia on
42
350. 246
16.52
Western Australia on
1
6.7.0
0.34
22
Total Inward Orders in Sterling,.
757
4,505. 6. 9
226.36
226.30
In Dollars.
C.
Hongkong on Shanghai,.
29
on Japan,
71
**
or Shanghai on Straits Settlements,
R2R
73
1,271.98
25.60
1,335.15
20.20
75
1,785.12
13.80
Total Outward Orders in Dollars,..
219
4,342.25
59.60
59.60
Shanghai on Hongkong,
99
1,895.59
39.60
Japan on
51
575.23
?"
Straits Settlements on Hongkong,
100
1,638.86
Total Inward Orders in Dollars,..
250
4,109.68
39.60
39.60
In Rupees.
Rs. a.
Hongkong or Shanghai on India,
153
12,329. 3
74:61
74.61
India on Hongkong or Shanghai,
25
25
1,182. 2
2.47
2.47
TOTAL COMMISSION,..
(C.)—APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1882.
Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne,
925.53
INTERNATIONAL.
LOCAL.
COMPARISON WITH 1881.
DESCRIPTION OF CORRESPONDENCE.
TOTAL.
De- spatched.
Received.
De- spatched.
Received.
Total in 1881.
Increase. Decrease.
Ordinary paid Letters,.
Unpaid and short paid Articles,.
436,750 466,000 62,600
10,000 13,000
64,200 1,029.550
859,300 170,250
2,200
16,400
Letters on Postal Business,..
1,200
800
1,200
1,400
41,600 4,600
34,500
7,100
4,330
270
Post Cards,.
8,020
1,700
1,000
1,700
12,420 11,600
820
Do. with prepaid reply,
200
Newspapers and Periodicals,.
158,000
362,000
Books, Circula, Prices Current, &c.,
124.000
125,000
49,300 16,800
19,400
12,300
588,700 508,400 278,100 243,100
89,300
35,000
Patterns...
5,200
12,000
520
100
17,820
7,400
10,420
Commercial Papers,
600
Registered Articles,
14,500
130 16,000
730
290
440
2,400
1,330
34,230
32,800
1.430
Letters with value declared,
Registered Articles with Return Receipt... Parcels,
130
650
650
130
1,560
780
780
300
100
400
300
100
Do. with value declared,
Number of Money Orders, Amount of Do.,
2,626
767
872
275
4.030
3.483
fr. 264,150 fr. 112,625 fr. 52,685 | fr. 28,505 fr. 452,815 fr. 395,613 fr. 57,202
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