Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
17. During the year the money orders drawn upon the United Kingdom have been as follows, viz. :—
No. of Money Orders Drawn Place Amount Commission which accrued to the Colony £. dols. cts. 1,839 Hong Kong 10,052 10 7 255 07 517 Shanghai Yokohama 3,140 4 9 87 52 2,822 5 1 72 87 3,015 £16,021 0 5 $110 36The amount remitted by means of money orders drawn on the United Kingdom in 1870, is £6,021 12s. 7d. in excess of that remitted in 1869.
18. The money orders drawn in the United Kingdom have been as follows, viz. :-
No. of Money Orders Drawn Place Amount Commission which accrued to the Colony £. dols. cts. 32 On Hong Kong 144 12 6 7 18 6 Shanghai Yokohama 14 11 10 0 78 32 18 8 1 60 40 £102 3 0 $9 56The amount remitted from the United Kingdom by means of money orders drawn upon Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Yokohama, in 1870, is £357 3s. 4d. in excess of that remitted in 1869.
19. The following figures show the result of the local money-order system-
Number Amount Commission Money orders drawn in Hong Kong on Shanghai dols. cts. dols. cts. 25 417 16 4 20 Yokohama 33 220 70 2 40 Shanghai on Hong Kong 60 2,500 71 21 15 Yokohama 80 1,995 06 15 15 Total $5,193 72 $42 9020. The following statement shows a nominal increase amounting to $5,217.26 in the gross postal revenue of 1870 over that of 1869, but as the amount of uncollected revenue at the end of 1870 was $113.68 less than that which was outstanding at the end of 1869, the actual excess of gross revenue in 1870, as compared with the revenue of 1869, is $5,103.58, a result which I submit is very satisfactory in the present state of affairs on the Continent, which in partially paralyzing commerce, has doubtless diminished correspondence.
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