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(b) Correspondence posted on board in port, provided the prepayment is effected by means of the postage stamps and according to the tariff of the country in the waters of which the vessel happened to be.
Formerly all such correspondence was treated as unpaid and double postage collectel from the addressees.
23. Table G shows the Money Order business for 1895.
The Honourable
COLONIAL SECRETARY,
$c.,
$6.
Sv.
I have the honour to be,
Sir, Your most obedient
Servant,
ARTHUR K. TRAVERS, Postmaster General.
A.-Approximate Statistics for the Fear 1895.
International.
Local.
Comparison with 1894.
Description of Correspondence.
Total.
Des- patched.
Received.
Des- patched.
Received.
Total in 1894.
Increase. Decrease.
Ordinary Paid Letters,..
899,600 832,710 95,620
80,200
1,908,130 | 1,800,240 107,890
Unpaid or Short-paid Articles,
7,540 23,320
350
1,530
32,940
26,351
6,589
Letters on Postal Business,
Post Cards (single),
Post Cards with reply,
Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, Cir-
culars, &c......
Patterns,
3,690
2,420
2,260
1,000
9,370
7,111
2,259
17,130
17,690
2,950
1,340
39,110
45,240
6,130
2,490
260
60
50
2,860
1,846 ì,014
387,650 930,540
Registered Articles,
Do.,
with Return Receipts,
13,440 25,350 51,520 | 125,290
150
61,630 400
6,450
24,440 1,530 6,760
1,404,260
1,148,251 | 256,009
40,720
36,946
8,774
190,020
149,253
40,767
6,120
20
20
6,310
4,043
2,267
Local Delivery:
-Letters, Circulars, &c.
95,610
89,850
5,760
B.-Sale of Stamps at Hongkong 1894 and 1895.
1894.
1895.
January,
.$10,488.06
$12,489.53
February,
7,239.73
10,667.13
March,
13,699.04
12,813.99
April,
9,748.43
11,451.87
May,
9,655.25
14,554.84
June,
7,439.11
12,030.09
July,
8,769.43
11,928.27
August,
9,791.42
12,943.28
September,
9,705.82
11,698.62
October,
11,928.98
14,319.72
November,
12,523.10
12,748.35
December,
10,755.90
13,321.29
C.-Statistics of Parcels for the Year 1895.
Despatched.
Received,
Ordinary. Insured.
Ordinary.
Insured.
United Kingdom,
8,529
1,096
United Kingdom,
10,377
923
India,
1,218
India,
1,248
Germany,
222
Germany,.
511
Australia,
137
Australia,
121
Ceylon,
45
Ceylon,.....
49
Egypt,
35
Egypt,
273
Gibraltar and Malta,
26
Gibraltar and Malta,
33
Coast Ports, &c.,
5,395
Coast Ports, &c.,..
3,106
Total,..
15,607
1,096
Total,.....
16,018
923
The Christmas and New Year Mails comprised Outward 652 and 776 respectively, and Inward 996 and 661 Parcels.