Table A.
APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1900.
International and Local Correspondence.
321
International.
Local.
Comparison with 1899.
Description of Correspondence.
Total.
Des- patched.
Received.
Des- patched.
Received.
Total in 1899.
Increase. Decrease.
Ordinary Paid Letters,
Unpaid or Short-paid Articles,..
Letters on Postal Business,
Post Cards,...
1,523,440 1,896,510
79,920
44,560 | 3,544,430 | 3,161,840 | 382,590
41,990 78,360
8,320
1,740
130,410
4,160 4,130
2,130
2,490
12,910
71,910 58,500 14,760
1,850
66,920 103,030)
1,820 !
1,320
173,090
157,430 15.660
Newspapers, Books, Circulars, Patterns,
&c.,
Registered Articles,
Do.,
707,1701,541,030] 54,080,
9,300
2,311,580 | 2,415,840
103,760
157,720 237,7701
7,260
7,070
409,820
with Return Receipts,!
960 6,100
50
20
Insured Letters (Actual),
72
45
7,130 117
382,190 7,210
27,630
80
Local Delivery :-Letters, Circulars, &c.,!
211,870 199,520 12,350 !
for
from
Mails Hongkong.
Ordinary.
Registered.
Table B.
Mail Bags, &c. Received and Despatched during the Year 1900.
Mails for Foreign Men-of-War
Mails sent in transit through Ilongkong.
Mails for H.M.'s Ships.
Bags. Packets.
Loose Letter Boxes.
Bags. Packets.
Parcel Boxes.
Bags.
Bags.
Bags. Packets.
Received,...... 34,241 | 971
Despatched,... 24,884 1,188
616
300
6,961 1,543
8,758 1,325
914 2,016
567
133
869
1,677
16.085
872
Table C.
Sale of Stamps at Hongkong, 1899 and 1900.
1899.
January, February,
March,
April,
.$17,311.60
1900.
$19,767.98
24,032.50
13,762.81
18,321.76
18,297.22
22,604.37
16,495.48
May,
15,972.91
17,741,82
June.
15,316.60
17,722.32
July,
14,091.67
19,272.19
August,
September,
18,784.72
18,993.75
14,940.81
17,940.29
October,
19,426.30
18,561.80
November,
17,661.73
20,024.19
December,
18,376.48
19,032,86
Total,....................
$216,791,45
$217,612.21