CO129-193 - Governor Hennessy - 1881 [5-7]

# INTERNATIONAL.

Despatched.

Received.

DESCRIPTION

or

CORRESPONDENCE.

(C.)-APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1880. Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.

LOCAL COMPARISON WITH 1879 TOTAL Despatched Total Received Increase Decrease in 1879 Ordinary paid Letters.... 327,000 329,000 14,000 642,000 Unpaid and short paid Letters, 58,000 1,500 830 1,200 1,200 1,200 Letters on Postal business, ............. 71,000 7,000 900 1,000 785,000 27,500 Post Cards........... 5,000 900 1,000 Do. with prepaid reply, Newspapers and Periodicals, 156,000 291,000 40,000 8,000 495,000 415,000 Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c., 192,000 187,000 24,000 12,000 227,000 268,000 Patterns, 8,000 10,000 1,000 600 19,600 Commercial Papers, 500 800 Registered Letters, 14,000 16,000 2,200 1,400 1,300 32,600 Letters with value declared, 6,450 370 19,019 Registered Letters with Return Receipt,. 70 550 80 80 780 1,139 359 Parcels, 200 480 50 40 770 210 560 Do. with value declared, Number of Money Orders, 2,462 353 152 277 3,244 3,749 Amount of fr. 254,278 fr. 45,381 fr. 14,347 fr. 23,685 fr. 337,691 fr.398,895 605 fr. 61,204

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

(D.)-MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.

Mr. Meade.

Mr. Herbert.

No. of Orders Amount Colonial Commission Total Commission In Sterling £ s. d. $ c. $ c. Hongkong on London, Shanghai 1,527 6,787.17.1 253.71 825 8,152.12.0 122.90 Hongkong or Shanghai on Queensland, 8 31.12.9 2.25 on New South Wales, 29 194.10.5* 11.00 "2 on South Australia, 4.10.4* 0.75 on Western Australia, 22 5 Total Outward Orders in Sterling,.. 2,462 10,171. 2.7 300.61 800.61 London on Hongkong, 122 512. 5. 7 27.20 51 140.15. 0 7.70 on Shanghai, Queensland on Hongkong or Shanghai, 44 264.13.11 New South Wales on 127 849.10. Ot 47.65 South Australia on 21 JI 8 47. 0. 07 2.51 Western Australia on I 1. 0. 0 Total Inward Orders in Sterling, 363 1,815. 4. 6 84.98 In Dollars $ c. $ c. Hongkong on Shanghai, on Japan, or Shanghai on Straits Settlements, 84.96 Total Outward Orders in Dollars, 29813 51 981.76 13.25 45 744.79 12.20 56 1,142.93 18.00 2,869.48 43.45 Shanghai on Hongkong, 120 2,184.56 35.75 Japan on 71 1,124.54 86 1,447.99 Straits Settlements on Hongkong,... 277 4,737.09 35.75 35.75 554.77 Total Inward Orders in Dollars, TOTAL COMMISSION,

* Hongkong gives the paying Colony 1 per cent commission on these amounts.

↑ Hongkong received 1 per cent commission on these amounts.

DRAFT.

Hong bảng

no. 82.

Sir JP. Hennessy

MINUTE.

Mr. Johnson 11 July

Mr. De Robeck 11 July

Mr. Grant Duff.

Lord Kimberley.

Qfas

55 Hongkong

10959

Sir;

30

JS.

13 July 81

I have the honour to

ack. the rec. of four

Jesp.

No.55 of the 2nd of May last,

forwarding the Report of

the Postmaster General

for 1880, which I have

read with interest.

2. I am glad to ack. the

high terms in which you

speak of

Mr. Lister, and

though I cannot consent to