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REMEMBER TEL. No. 977:
FOR
MERCURY CARAGE
HONGKONG POST
OFFICE.
INTERESTING REPORT.
From the annual report of the Portmaster General of Hongkong (Mr. S. B. C. Ross) we extract the following
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The PostmasterGeneral adds In this connection I would like to mention that during the year no parcel or registered article was lost or stolen while in the custody of the Hongkong Posts. This reflects very great credit on all members of the staff concerned.
I have already mentioned that the Money Order transaction reached a higher figure than ever before, so also did the balance of) profit on the year's working of the Post Office.
To the Edito
DENIAL
SirA copy of your issue of the Mat instant has been handed to me, and I was greatly surprised to see therein a statement, under the heading of "Rice Situation in Macão", to the effect that I had charged about $1,300 for Consular legal fees, on a ship- ment of 10,000 piculs of cheap rice intended for the poar of Macão."
I must declare that it is absolu- tely false. No fees were charged by this Consulate on the shipment) in question, so much so that not even the expenses to which this Consulate was pat to, in order to obtain from the authorities the necessary, export permit, were collected.
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The Macao Government, to which I have protested against this assertion, has authorised me to pablish this declaration and also to contradict that assertion in its name.
Yours etc.
AMADEN DA SILVA, Consul General for Portugal. Canton, Aug. 27, 1919.
DAY BY DAY.
Alice Memorial and Affiliated The Honorary Treasurer of the Hospitals begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following dona- tion to the funds of the Hospitals:
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It is reported that Liang Shih- yi will be back in Hongkong in a few days, and that the peace between North and South which will be concluded in Shanghai bas been secretly arranged by him between the parties.
The total revenue from the Postal Service in 1918 amounted to $427,132.88 being $23,263.01 The collapse of the Siberian" more than that, collected in 1917 Railway may be learnt from the The net expenditure, after de figures of registered letters sent ducting the sum of $70,276.74 by that route. This service was (£19,591. 58. Od. at 3.7 per dollar) started in 1909, when 24,024 re- refunded to this Colony by gistered letters were sent by thisMr. Kwok Siu Lau, $100. the Post Office of the United route. In 1913 the number was Kingdom in respect of the period 74,323 and thea war came. The 1st July, 1917. to 30th September, numbers fell off and last year 1918, on account of the suspen-only 1,023 letters were sent by sion of the P. and O. Mail Con- tract Service (Bombay-Shanghai Service) amounted to $156,107.69, being less than that of 1917 by $103,107.14, due to the high rate of exchange prevailing during the year, the refund referred to above, and also to the the expan-tained several different des-ordinary issued to-day, says it is sion of postal business of every patches. A request was enclosed proclaimed by order of His Ex- description. The balance of re from the London Office, as often cellency the Officer Administer- venue over expenditure amounted happens, that the date of receipt ing the Government in Council might be reported as soon as that Weihaiwei is a place at possible. This mail was received which an infectious or contagions here on the 18th November ria disease prevails. New York, having taken no less than 308 days to reach the Colony.
to $271.025.19.
The number of mail bags and packets despatched from Hong- kong during the year amounted to 135,162, as against 123,691 in 1917, an increase of 11.471; the number received was 126,225 as against 116.047 an increase of 10,178.
The number of mail bags and packets sent in transit through .the Colony amounted to 81.562 as against 60,540 in 1917, an increase of 12,022.
Boxes and Baskets in transit amounted to 11,307 as against 12.192 in 1917, a decrease of 885.
4,501 steamers carrying mails arrived and and 5,697 left in 1918 as against 4.415 and 5.693 res- pectively in 1917.
this route. In this connection I might mention that a mail was despatched from London via Siberia dated from 14th January to 18th February, 1918. It is probable that this mail was not despatched at one time but con-
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To get rid of their Japanese beer, popularly known to the Chinese as low grade "..some Cantonese dealers have attempted to sell it under British trade marks, like Bohemian, according The Canton Chief of Police has to a complaint from Hongkong. issued orders prohibiting such a practice. Canton Times.
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There was a great increase in the parcel business during the year, and for the first time the number of parcels sent to England exceeded the number received. In ordinary years we receive many more parcels from England than we send. The reason is obvious, for most Europeans here have purchases to make at home, while the pårcels sent home are.
A native passenger junk. "Lee generally speaking, gifts. High Wo." running between Fatshan exchange always means an in- and Kongmoon, was destroyed by crease of parcels from home.fire on August 26, near Nem Wah Persons who have got accustomed Village, Shudtak District, causing to regard a pound sterling as ten
the death of many passengers. Postdollars send home for an article More than fifteen bodies have
Las: evening a meeting of the the pain which follows efforts of which costs a pound when they been recovered by the villagers Hongkong Lawn Bowls Associat-the nerves to do their work when can get it for five dollars odd. there, and identification by re-ion was held at the Police undernourished. Many people Therefore the high exchange in latives and friends is being re- Recreation Club for the purpose are daily suffering unnecessar spite of submarine trouble kept quested by the village authorities of discussing the" question of pain through failure to recognize the inward parcel business from
arranging for Interport matches. in their symptoms the need of gold countries in a healthy con-
It was decided to send invita-building up the blood. Let the dition.
tions to Shanghai and Hankow, blood become thin and a general requesting them to send teams breakdown frequently follows. down to Hongkong so as to meet Among the commonest symptoms Hongkong teams.
of thin blood or anaemia are was resolved that the breathlessness after slight ex- matches be played on the Kow-ertion, loss of appetite, restless, loon
Green Club's sleepless nights, headaches and Bowling ground and that they take place often indigestion. Poor and in- about September.
Registered and insured articles handled by the General Office amounted to 862,625 as against 765,678 in 1917. an in- crease of 96,948.
Registered articles via Siberia amounted to 1,028 as compared with 32,01% in 1917, a decrease of 30,984.
This is the fifth report on the Post Office which has appeared since war broke out, and it is now possible to give some details as to the way in which the postal business of the Colony had been affected.
Details are given in tabular form of all mails to and from the Colony which were destroyed by enemy action.
In spite of many losses Hongkong may regard itself as fortunate, and in spite of these losses, and of diffi- culties of transit, there was during 1918 in increase in almost every branch of postal business."
The sale of stamps is a very fair index to the general amount of outward business done, and the sales during the year amounted to $373,463.31. During the year, the privilege of free postage, which was granted to all troops in the Command was continued, and 279,443 letters, 4,450 postcards, and 8,314 other articles were posted free. The loss to the re
venue was $11,522.00. Now this
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Before Mr. N. L. Smith a
Chinese was to-day charged with In spite of high exchange the unlawful possession of eight number of parcels despatched to dozens of singlets, valued at $30. England was greater than ever Sergeant Appleton said defendant before. This in no way weakens was arrested at No. 34, Gage the fact that high exchange pro- Street on a vacant floor, with the motes inward and discourages singlets in his
possession. outward parcels. It was entirely Defendant" said a friend asked due to war conditions. During him to keep the singlets and to the year 6,622 parcels of tea and make arrangements for the sale. sugar weighing 32,668 lbs. or in The case was adjourned, for the other words about 1436 tons were singlets to be claimed. sent as gifts by people in this Colony to their friends at bome. The vast bulk of these parcels were sent through Messrs. Lane, Crawford & Co., and I should like to place on record my apprecia- tion of the loyal manner in which they have in all cases abided by my decision with regard to regulations, which were at times hard to understand."
TOUCHING PEACE TIME APPEAL.
Appealing to the Woking Ben- ch not to convict a baker for selling new bread, a solicitor exclaimed "Now peace is to be signed within a few hours. I ask you not to convict so that in years to come when his children and grandchildren ask him what
It
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sufficient blood often develops into anaemia, a disease which may not be serious if properly treated in its earlier stages, but which may be fatal if it reaches the pernicious form:
To build up the blood there is one remedy that has been a household word for a generation, A brand, new boat in harbour People. They tone up the entire Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
ing to the Taikoo Sugar Refinery red, strengthen the nerves, in- now is the Taikoo Wan, belong-system, make the blood rich and Co., Ltd. She was built in Eng-crease the appetite, pat cour in land and is a standard vessel. She the cheeks and lips, and drive is of the tonnage of 1,876 and is away that unnatural tired feeling. In consequence of the offensive
one-masted. She arrived from Plenty of sunlight, good whole- by the Germans in March the he did in the great war he need Blyth via Java with a cargo of some food and fresh air will do despatch of parcels ria Canada not reply, I was fined for selling 3,970 tons of sugar. She is moor the rest. had to be discontinued, as all new bread"A police-super-ed at Quarry Bay. available space was required for intendent remarked that the military purposes.
The e.s. Liang-chi, a B. and S.
The book, "Building Up the This route, baker had no children. The bost, came in yesterday afternoon Blood" gives just the information which was only started in 1917, Solicitor You have spoilt my with 1,495 tons of general cargo for that every pale, suffering person. sum of $11,522 must obviously be had proved very popular, but it appeal. A fine of $5 was imposed. the Colony from Bangkok. She needs. It is free. Write for it added to the $373,463.31 men-ceased to exist as from the 10th tioned above, if we
wish to May, and it has not been possible
arrive at an estimate of the postal business transacted. This gives
a total of $384,985.31 and this is
the largest amount produced from
the sales of stamps with the exception of the year 1913 when the sales amounted to $397,083.40 but in that year the sales ware abnormal for the George V. issue of stamps was placed on the market and there were large purchases from stamp dealers.
During the year 1,064,306 articles were handled by the Registration and Parcel Brach. This again is a record figure, the largest number handled previous ly being 1,025,558 in 1913...
to renew this service.
On the 30th May arrangements
had on board 12 bags of mails, to-day to the Dr. Williams' and is lying at the quarantine Medicine Co. 96 Szechuan Road, Shanghai. Your own druggist anchorage, In February the rate on post- were made with Messrs. Butter-darda sent to China was raised donald), also a B. and S, vessel, they will be sent direct by mail, The Kwangsi (Captain Mac-sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, or field and Swire for a parcel service from 1 cent to 132 cents in order came in yesterday with a load of a receipt of price, $1.50 the bottle by steamship of Messrs. A. Holt's to conform to the Chinese 150 tons from Canton.
six for $8, post free. Company. This service has domestic rate.
afforded people in this Colony a
The Diva, Norwegian vessel The year under review was the under the agency of Messrs. regular means of sending parcels twentieth anniversary of the in- Thorensen and Co., encountered. home at pre-war rates. I wish to troduction of pemy postage from typhoon weather when coming morning were the Kaiphong for Amongst the departures this thank Messrs. Butterfield and Hongkong to Great Britain and from Bangkok. She consigned Haiphong with 180 tons of Swire for the extreme promptitude vice versa. During the year the to this port 1.200 tons of general general merchandise, the Shinyo with which they placed this rate of postage was raised to 11⁄2d cargo.
Mazu for Keeling, the Kwai Bang service at the disposal of the in Great Britain as a war The Nam Kan (Captain Thirl-with a load of 1,000 tons for Kobe, Colonial Poste."
measure, but our 4 cent rate had well) had a bad time at sea, meet beek raised to little more than ing with severe galon and this amount by the high rate of She brought for u118 exchange. The 4 cent rate has-Paksab 1,100 tons of Cement, 330 therefore been meantained For
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The Shanghai-Bombay section of the P. & O. Contract Mail Service was suspended through out the year.
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