OUR POST OFFICE.
Lady Who Wrote to Emperor of China.
A SATISFACTORY YEAR'S
. RECORD.
OHINESE DELIVERY SECTION,
During the year the Chinese [delivery section handled 2,323,693 ordinary letters, 93,695 other arti- [cles, and 7,417 postal hong packets
38
against 2,327,618 ordinary letters, 98,726 other articles, and 8,096 postal hong packets in 1921
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FOOTBALL.
King's Inter-Platoon League.
In spite of gales, and wot weather, a full programme of matches has been played since our last report.
The registered articles delivered amounted to 263,621 of which 155,271 were from the United From the League table below it The report on the General Post States and Canada, and 108,350 will be seen that one of the Groups! Office, Hongkong, for last year, from China and other countries, of H. Q. Wing must win the which was laid on the table at sbowing & decrease of 79,236 a Championship, as no Platoon yesterday's Legislative Council compared with 342,857 in 1991; from A,B,C, or D Coy. can obtain meeting, contains mach that is of and 3,444 tsured lottors were the number of points already more than usual interest. Mr. dealt with as against 3,717 in 1921. obtained by No. 2 Group. This! S. B. C. Rors, the Postmaster The total number of Chinese Group must obtain torso points General, gives us an insight into private boxes for which licenses out what might be called "the other, were issued during the year was side" of a postal official's work. 331, an increase of 6, as compared He says:-
with 325 in 1921. The licentes of 22 Chinese Postal Hongs were renewed, the same cumber as in 1921.
"What may be described as the extra-posts! correspondence of the Post Office has enormously increased.
RADIO-TELEGRAPH SUB DEPART
MENT.
of their remaining four matobes to make their position secure,
By winning all their remaining matches, Nos 1 and 4 Groups can obtain a maximum of 31 points,
With regard
the Coy. to aggregates for the Battalion Cup, H. Q. Wing can now obtain ap maximum of 108 points, of which 8 are certain from the results of
First and foremost there is the large army of stamp collectors, The revenue collected during I do not of course refer to dealers the year from radio telegrams inter-group matches, the remain. who send chrques and drafts for amounted to $32,0599, an in-ing 22 having to be wrested from their fancies, but to the number-crease of $12,970 01 on the amount other Coys. The groups have less private persons who are in-collected in 1991. Advices of been doing badly this week, as. terested in this hobby. The small vessels signalled at the Light-they only bagged four points oui boys and girls scattered all over houses yielded $725 80 and sema- of a possible 10.
the world, who wish me "or some phore meesazos $13.60, making a C. Coy., who are second in the other small boy or girl" to send total of $38,702.39 from the Tele-struggle for Company football them Chinese stamps. For some graph Service. Expenditure honours, secured 9 points out of reason I am supposed to be a amounted to $65,670.85, which a possible 10 and are now only 5 perfect mine of Chinese stamps. sum includes the cost of a new pojats behind Headquarters. Then judging from the number of battery and a motor alternator set This Cpy: can now make an letters received, the
whole amounting to $22,604.82. "aggregate of 95 points. the 22 surviving male population of what The balance of expenditure over still obtainable having to be Was Hungary has taken to revenue amounted to $32.878.46. wrasted from opponants of other collecting Hongkong stamps. The number of radio-telegrams Cogs.
Some Next in mass come the people forwarded during the your was
good matches who wish to find missing relatives. 2,964 consisting of 40,928 words witnessed during the week, and Thea cursory inquiries, the school against 2,235 with 30239 words in potats have not been obtained teacher who had never seen a 1921, and 7,865 were received without a hard strugglo. Chinese newspaper but would like consisting of 104,858 words as one to explain to bis pupila (this against 0.182 with 82.513 words in was duly sout with a pinned on 1921. netice' this sido up"), the man who wanted to bug & Chow dog, the
A RECORD YEAR.
It is pleasant to report that
were
The league leaders vanquished No 8 Platoon by 4 goals to nil, this being the highest score of the week.
No. 16 Platoon, who have not Joy, obtained full points from yet been beaten by a team from:D, No. 15 Platoon by the only goal of the match.
› many monwho had gicseng to sel, 1922 has been a record year for the lady who wrote to me eaclus the Post Office, says Mr. Ross. ing a letter to the Emperor of The sale of stamps and this is China, who, she appeared to think, the surest touch of all postal busi An exciting match was the had apartments somewhere in my Doss,is the largest on record.
The sales during the year 1922 result of the encounter between
office.
Nos.1 and 9 Platoons on Wednes-
League Table.
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The letter began "Dear Em-Amounted to $572,583 as against day evening. No. 9 obtained the ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. peror," and asked for his auto- $348,379 in 1921. These figures paints by 2 goals to 1. a result graph and exarossed a hope that represent the stamps sold the writer and her husband might for postal purposes caly and
which was mainly due to a meet the Dear Emperor when they do not of course include any
papital exhibition of goalkeeping visited the Orient in the Fall. The stamps which are transferred by on the part of their custodian last letter worthy of comment was book entry to legal and other one from a man who wished me to departments in the Government,
Goals. P.W.D.L. send bim signed cards from all It will be remembered that?
F. A. notable persons in my island." during the early part of the year No. 2 Group 15141 034 9 29 I think that this was the only under report a prolonged shipping No. 1 Group 14 93 2 31 15 21 letter received to which I was strike affected the Colony and No. 10 Platoon 15 8 4 3 19 11 20) unable to make any reply." had it not been for this the stamp No. 5 Platoon 16 84 4 30 19 20 esles would have been much No 4 Group 13 83 2 34 13 19 SOME STATISTICS.
greater. No one who knows the No. 9 Platoon 16 8 3 5 26 17 19 The number of mail bags, and Post Office on ordinary occasions No. 11 Platoon 15 74 4 26 14 18 packat despatched from. Hig will ever forget that Black Mon- No. 14 Platoon 15 56 420 15 16 kine daring the year amounted day when only some 23 letters No. 12 Platoon 16 48 4 15 15 16 to 175.402 as against 174,669 in were posted in Hongkong and No. 13 Platoon 15 55 5 15 14 15 1921, and the number received was none were received.
No. 1 Platoon 15 55 519 18.15 183.839 as against 174.179. The The balance of total ravenue No. 3 Platoon 15 55 5 17 18 15 number of mail hage and packets over total postal expenditure No. 6 Platoon 15 62 7 23 23 14 aent in transit through the Colony amounted to $404,746.54. am to 128,149 as against gratifying to cote that the Hong 109,500 in 1921. Bores and kong Post Office is one of the hisketa in transit amounted to very few in the world which has 8,320 os against 18,978.
not bean compaled to Incrasse
A total of 4 597.steamers carry. its rate of postage since 1914. It No. 2 Platoon 15 33 9 7 98 9
ing mails arrived and 6,364 lefrin 1912 as avainst 5334 and 7,774 respectivly in 1921.
It is No. 15 Placoon 15 44 7 13 25 12 No. 16 Platoon 1526 7-11 23 10 No. 4 Platoon 15 33 9 16 24 9 No. 7 Platoon 15.33 914 24 9 No. 3 Group 15 41 10 15 30 9
No. 8 Platoon 15 21 12 11 41 5 The Week's Results. This week's · results are follows:-
No.
is thought that only the United States and China are in the same, happy position.
· Registered and insured articles
HOW LETTERS ARE LOST. Handled by the General Post During the year under review Office amounted to 1,054,448 as a letter containing $200 in potes against 1,089,032in 1921. Parcels, was sent by ordinary post. This ordinary and insured, handled by letter was duly received by the the Post Office, amounted to 343, addressee. This sum represents 834 as compared with 333,061 in about one year's pay to a postman the previous year.
lor house-boy. It is hoped that) The total revenue from the persons who send their mansy Postal Servies in 1922 amounted through the Posts contrary to to $662,862.11, an increase on the regulations will realise not only previous year of $18.704.57. The that they lose their money-that expenditure for 1922 amounted is a small matter-but also that to $258,115.57. The balance of they tempt postmen and house- revenue over expenditure amount boys to sin and cause the loss of
large numbers of other letters. ed to $404,746,54,
When letters containing money The
states: The are posted and stolen, other lettere report slump in the Money Order if bulky are also atolen in the hope transactions both inward and out that they also may have been ward which started in the year posted contrary to regulations 1921, has continued in 1922 but and may contain.money. These not to the same extent: the net innocent people sending falling off being £50,002 against photographs to their friends have £104,379 in the previous year. to suffer.
It is difficult to state precisely MAILBAGS STOLEN BY BANDITS. the cause of this shrinkage in re-
No.
2 Group 3; 1 Platoon 1. 5 Platoon 2; 4 Platoon 1. 10 Platoon 3; 2 Platoon 0. 12 Platoon 1 13 Platoon 1.. 2 Group 4; 8 Platoon 0. 16 Platoon 1; 15 Platoon 0. 11 Platoon 2; 4 Platoon 0. 14 Platoon 2 4 Group
1.
3 Platoon 2;
7 Platoon 2,
9 Platoon 2
1 Platoon 1.
1.
5 Platoon 2; 1 Group
12 Platoon 3; 3 Group 1. Total Points.
AS
Total points obtained towards Battalion Football Cup:-
Headquarter Wing C. Coy.
D. Coy. ...
A. Coy...
B. Coy.
78.
73.
53.
48.
48.
I wish to thank my friends, Mr. Picard Destelan, Co-Directori
mittances. In the outward orders! A certain number of mail bags General of Posta, Mr. J. M. C.
it is most probably due to the con- were unfortunately lost during the Rousse, Secretary to the Directo- tinued low value of the dollar but year; they were as follows:-
the greatest decrease occurs in
zate, and Mr. F. B. Tolliday,
Six bags for Chefoo and Wei Postal Commissioner Kwangtung, the inward orders, viz. £11,292, Hai Wei dispatched from Hong for the friendly assistance which The bulk of the inward orders kong on 23rd November were lost they gave me, adds Mr. Ross,
wreck of the are romittances from Chinese and in the
9.8.It was owing to their help that Japanese in Australia, United Koonshing,"
tho withdrawal of the British
Kingdom, Indis, etc., thus point. Five bags of mails for Hong Agencies was rendered not only ing to the gradual elimination of kong dispatched from Lungchow an easy, but an agreeable task. the Asiatics from those countries. between lat and 5th May were In conclusion I wish again, as The telegraphic Money Orders stolen by highway robbers in I have had the pleasure to do in were:-Outward, 57 orders Kwangei and 2 bags for Hong past years, to thank the Post amounting to 4734. 129. Od kong dispatched from Nanning Office Staff for their zeal and will against 88 orders for £1,250. 13. on 26th August were stolen by ingness which is alone responsible Gl. in 1921; inward, 31 orders Pirates on the West River.
|for the excellent report I am ablo- emounting to £721. Os. 01. againet WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH to offer.
17 ordere for £451 8s. 3d., in 1921.)
AGENCIES,
It is mentioned that no Assist-.
The sale of British Postal Ordera On the 30th November the ant Postmaster was appointed, Ja stationary but the paid orders British Postal Ageúcies in China] though ́auch an officer will Boon showed a decrease of £1,706 08.| ware withdrawn under the stipul bo urgently nooded, . 01 The sala, of Local Pastallation entered into by the British
$3.466.00.
Notes also shows a diminution of Government at the Washington
Conference,
A note on tho British Postal
Agencies and several statistical tables are included with the report,"
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