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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH APRIL, 1872.
Do.
do.
Amount of Imperial Revenue collected in 1871, do.
1870,
Remittances to London,..£23,358.1.4. Contribution to Agencies,
1,270.0.0.}£24,628. 1. 4 25,655.19. 8
-$118,214.72 =$123,148.72
.£ 1,027.18. 4
=$ 4,934.00
Decrease in 1871, as compared with 1870,
Amount of Colonial Revenue collected in 1871,
Do.
do. in 1870,
do.
Decrease in 1871, as compared with 1870,
.$ 65,920.19 69,833.28
.$ 3,913.09
20. It is a matter of regret that although there has been no diminution in the amount of labor imposed upon the Officers and no decrease in the efficiency of the Department, the foregoing state- ment shews a falling off in the Revenue. This falling off arises (1) from the discontinuance of the Mail service between Hongkong and Manila; (2) from the falling off in the correspondence to and from the Continent resulting from 'the Franco-German War, and (3) from the reduction of one penny per half ounce in the rates of Postage on Letters between China and the United Kingdom.
21.
The Colonial Expenditure in 1871, for Post Office purposes (including $2,730.60 for conveyance of Ship Mails, and payments made to the United States' Post Office amounting to $716.94, for the conveyance of British closed Mails between Shanghae and Nagasaki, and between Yokohama and fliogo) amounts to
Less amount contributed by Imperial Post Office in aid of maintenance of Agencies at the Ports,
Expenditure borne by the Colony in 1871,
Do.
do. 1870,
Decrease in 1871, as compared with 1870,
$38,543.27
6,096.00
.$ 32,447.27 33,872.70
$ 1,425.43
22. It will thus be observed that the excess of the Colony's Postal Revenue over its ordinary Expenditure for Post Office purposes during the past year amounted to $33,472.92 which, with $4,093.77 profit on amounts remitted to London, makes a total excess in favor of the Colony amounting to $37,566.69.
23.
The Colony's share of the Postage on Mails received from the United Kingdom in 1871, was
do.
do.
1870, do.
£
.£1,450.16.10 1,394.11. 6
56. 5. 3
Do.
Increase in 1871,
24.
The number of Ship Mails sent in 1871, was.
Do.
do.
in 1870, was
.1,673
.1,816
The number of Ship Mails received in 1871, was....1,359
Do.
do.
in 1870, was....
.1,191
Decrease in 1871,
143
•
Increase in 1871,
163
25.
Letters.
Papers.
Letters. Papers.
The number of Letters and Papers received by United States' Packets from San Francisco and Yokohama
in 1871, was.. ... ....
In 1870,
15,256 14,572
17,398 16,820
The number of Letters and Papers sent by United States' Packets to Yokohama and San Francisco in 1871, was....
21,209
24,244
In 1870,
21,145
21,055
Increase in 1871,.
684
578
Increase in 1871,
64
3,189
BY BRITISH PACKET.
Letters. Papers. 182,843 131,536 191,539 152,862
8,696 21,326
26. The number of Letters and Papers sent from Hongkong to the United Kingdom, has been as follows, viz. :-
In 1871, In 1870,
Letters. Papers. 24,618 9,810 28,007 9,194
BY FRENCH РАСКЕТ.
In 1871,
In 1870,
Decrease,
3,389 Increase.
116
27. The weight of Letters sent to the United Kingdom in 1871, has been as follows:---
Decrease,
*BY BRITISH PACKET.
BY FRENCH PACKET.
Tons cwt. grs. lbs. 02.
Tons. cwt. grs. lbs.
Oz.
In 1871, In 1870,
2
11
3
2
13
20
20 1골 16
In 1871,
0
10
2
102
In 1870,
0
10
0
24
8
Decrease,
1
0
24
91
Increase,
0
1
13