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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
The number of ship mails received in 1870 was
19
**
**
Increase in 1870
1869
12
1,191 1,178
13
25.
Letters. Papers.
The number of letters and papers received by
United States' packets in 1870 was
14,572
16,820
In 1869
12,039
16,374
Increase in 1870-
2,533
446
Letters.
Papers.
The number of letters and papers sent by United
States' packets in 1870 was
21,145
21,055
In 1869
17,549
14,090
Increase in 1870 -
3,596
6,965
26. The San Francisco route has not been much availed of for the transmission of letters between the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
27. The number of letters and papers sent from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom has been as follows, viz. :—
BY BRITISH Packet.
Letters,
Papers.
In 1870 In 1869 -
191,539
152,862
188,201
168,761
Increase
3,338 Decrease 15,899
BY FRENCH PACKET.
Letters.
Papers.
In 1870 In 1869 -
Increase
28,007
9,194
16,210
3,672
11,797
5,522
28. The weight of letters sent to the United Kingdom in 1870 has been as follows:-
In 1870 In 1869
BY BRITISH PACKET.
tons cwt. qrs. lbs. oz.
2
13
0
16
103
2
19
1
5
13
Decrease
0
6
0
17
21