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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MARCH, 1882.
(D.)-MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
No. of Orders.
Amount.
Colonial Com- mission.
Total
Com-
mission.
In Sterling.
Hongkong on London,........
1,723
£ s. d. 7,094.18. 7
$
C.
C.
268.77
Shanghai
788
2,981. 1. 4
106.64
Hongkong or Shanghai on Queensland,
11
36. 0.0
2.75
on New South Wales,
30
200. 5. 9
11.75
on South Australia,
13
80.13. 2
5.00
""
on Western Australia,
...
""
Total Outward Orders in Sterling,..........
2,565
10,342.18.10
394.91
394.91
London on Hongkong,
113
408.19. 8
23.03
on Shanghai,
32
95. 5. 3
5.33
Queensland on Hongkong or Shanghai,
81
457. 7. 6
New South Wales on
254
1,730.15. 0
92.31
""
South Australia on
48
282.10. 8
15.07
"7
Western Australia on
3. 0.0
Jy
Total Inward Orders in Sterling,.
529
2,977.18. 1
135.74
135.74
In Dollars.
$ c.
C.
Hongkong on Shanghai,
51
1,221.49
17.25
"}
Japan,
38
1,003.101
7.50
12
or Shanghai on Straits Settlements,
44
931.43
12.25
Total Outward Orders in Dollars,
133
3,156.02
37.00
37.00
Shanghai on Hongkong,
Japan
>>
Straits Settlements on Hongkong,.
Total Inward Orders in Dollars,...
TOTAL COMMISSION,..
111
2,279.83
34.25
50
663.80
95
1,978.99
...
256
4,922.62
34.25
34.25
601.90
* Hongkong gives the paying Colony 1 per cent. commission on these amounts.
Hongkong received 1 per cent. commission on these amounts.
Most of this amount consisted of the values of Imperial Money Orders in favour of seamen in H. M. fleet, which were exchanged for Local Orders on Japan without charging a fresh Commission, hence the relatively small amount of Commission reported.
(E.)-APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1881.
Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.
INTERNATIONAL,
LOCAL.
COMPARISON WITH 1880.
DESCRIPTION
TOTAL.
OF
CORRESPONDENCE.
De- spatched.
Received.
De- spatched-
Received.
Total în 1880.
Increase. Decrease.
Ordinary paid Letters,..
Unpaid and short paid Articles,..
Letters on Postal Business,.
Post Cards,....
375,100 5,500 740 2,600
339,500 69,000 75,700 12,000 3,500, 13,500
890 4,800
859,300
785,000
74,000
34,500
27,500
7,000
1,400
1,300
4,330
3,800
530
3,100
1,100
11,600
4,400
7,200
Do. with prepaid reply,
1
2
2
Newspapers and Periodicals,
101,000
307,800
Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c.,
135,000
85,700
79,700 11,200
19,900
508,400
495,000
13,400
11,200
243,100 415,000
Patterns,..
3,500
3,500
250
150
7,400
19,600
Commercial Papers,
Registered Articles,
130 11,128
160
290
1,300
171.900 12,200 1,010
13,988
4,745
2,977
32,838
32,600
238
Letters with value declared,
...
14
Registered Articles with Return Receipt,
Parcels,
Do. with value declared,. Number of Money Orders, Amount of
Do.
195
325
198
65
783
780
3
117
120
80
317
770
453
2,647
674
51
111
3,483
3,244
239
fr.285,483 fr. 92,624
fr. 6,107 fr. 11,399 fr. 395,613 fr. 357,691 | fr. 57,922