(C.)—APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1879.
Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.
DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
OF
TOTAL.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Despatched.
Received.
Despatched. Received.
Ordinary paid Letters,... Unpaid and short paid Letters,
Letters on Post Office business,
Post Cards,
252,000
255,000
65,000
70,000
642,000
3,340
4,030
1,378
5,629
14,377
672
468
1,287
819
3,146
2,070
2,980
100
60
6,110
Do. with prepaid reply,
Newspapers and Periodicals,
88,000
100,000
30,000
9,000
227,000
Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c.,
107,000
200,000
33,000
21,000
370,000
Patterns,
3,000
2,000
300
250
6,450
Commercial Papers,...
200
370
Registered Letters,......
Letters with value declared,..
Registered Letters with Return Receipt,
Parcels,.
Do. with value declared,
Number of Money Orders,
Amount of
Do.,
7,514
8,450
1,677
1,378
570
19,019
364
650
60
65
120
90
2,962
223
257
307
1,139
210
3,749
Fr. 331,000
Fr. 22,461
Fr. 14,082
Fr. 31,352 Fr. 398,895
(D.)—MONEY ORDER BUSINESS,
No. of Orders.
Amount.
Colonial Commission.
Total Commission.
£ s. d.
$ c.
Drawn by Hongkong on London,
1,507
6,725. 8.4
236.88
by Shanghai
1,101
5,785.18.8
173.06
by Yokohama
354
1,398. 8.2
60.74
TOTAL, China and Japan on London,.........................
2,962
13,909.15.2
470.68
470.68
£ s. d.
$ c.
Drawn by London on Hongkong,
131
638.18.6
34.26
by Shanghai
52
178. 3.9
10.17
by Yokohama,
40
165.14.5
7.91
TOTAL, London on China and Japan,.....
223
982.16.8
52.37
52.37
Drawn by Hongkong on Shanghai,
by Yokohama,
45
on Singapore,
by Shanghai on
by Yokohama on
TOTAL, Local Orders Outwards,
103
692.08
9.45
64
956.66
7.65
39
666.90
6.60
9
109.82
1.50
84.01
1.05
2,800.47
26.25
26.25
$ c.
Drawn by Shanghai on Hongkong,.
132
2,761.13
25.50
by Yokohama on
93
2,205.25
17.15
by Singapore on
on Shanghai,
on Yokohama,
TOTAL, Local Orders Inwards,
71
956.11.
52.10
16.00
5,990.59
42.65
42.65
TOTAL COMMISSION,.........................................................
591.95
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