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Table E.-Comparative Postal Statistics for each year from 1886 to 1892.
Description of Correspondence.
Ordinary Paid Letters,..
Unpaid or Short-paid Articles,
1886.
1887.
1888.
1889;
1890.
1891.
1892.
Difference between 1886 & 1802.
1,095,000 | 1,120,000 1,147,000 1,283,700 1,325,750 | 1,846,050 | 1,435,450 | +340,450
46,000 44,000 46,000 39,180 22,800 28,750
41,480
4,520
Letters on Postal Business,....
Post Cards,
4,000
9,900
5,405
Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, &C...............................
716,100
Patterns,
8,000
Registered Articles,
58,900
Do.,
with Return Receipts,
4,500
Parcels,
8,506
4,400
12,500 14,375 13,700
760,500 798,575 920,000
9,500 9,775 23,700 20,000 31,700
62,500 69,125
96,400 110,600 114,900
5,500 6,325 2,200 1,450 2,080
13,123 17,030 25,050 25,900
8,350
8,100
7,750
6,500+ 2,500
24,300 23,350
34,050 + 24,150
949,350 | 1,001,250 | 1,022,250 | +306,150
39,87031,870
134,35075,450
620 3,880
26,624 +18,118
Total of all Descriptions,
1,050,906 2,018,900 | 2,109,703 | 2,401,260 || 2,487,400 | 2,581,730 | 2,741,194 +790,288
General Post Office, Hongkong, April 7th, 1893.
Table F.-Revenue for the year 1892.
G. STAFFORD NORTHCOTE,
Acting Postmaster General.
Receipts.
Sale of Postage Stamps,
Unpaid Postage,.
Boxholders' Fees,
Commissions on
Money Orders,......]
Profit on Exchange on Money Order Transactions,
131,287.87 144,149.84 12,861.97
5,086.40 5,431,71 345,31
2,418.34 2,360,00
1891.
1892.
Increase.
Decrease.
Expenditure.
1891.
1892.
Increase. Decrease.
Share of United
Kingdom,
23,200.07
27,999.85 4,799.78
Share of other
Countries,
| (@) 28,749.24 | (3) 27,327.43
1,421.81
58.34
Commission on
787.79
972.30
234.51
Money Orders,
:
Contributions to-
3,177.36 3,841.06 663.70
wards P. & O. Sub-
37,770,50
42,326.07
4,555.57
sidy......
Conveyance of Mails..
6,909.34
7,836.21
800.06
1,916,42 1,116.36
Working Expenses,
42,798.07
Balance,.
2,605.02
47,786.44 3,450.73
926.87 4,988.37
$45.71
Total............
142,770.03
157,699.03 14,987.34
58.34
Total,.
142,770.03
157,699.03 | 16,350.81|1,421.81
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Revenue 1891,............................
1892,
Increase,...
.$ 142,770.03 157,699.03
11,929.00
General Post Office, Hongkong, April 7th, 1893.
(a) $23,373.58 paid to France for the years 1889 and 1890. (b) $ 4,143.23
Germany,
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1891.
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G. Stafford Northcote, Acting Postmaster General.