(B.)—MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
Colonial
Total No. of Orders. Amount. Com- mission. Com- mission, In Sterling. £ s. d. Shanghai Hongkong on London, 1,777 7,737.17. 0 $ c. 344.45 $ c. Hongkong or Shanghai on Queensland, 996 3,606. 6. 5 201.70 on New South Wales, 3 10. 0. 0 0.67 0.67 35 211. 6.10 8.22 29 on South Australia, 5 35.11.10 1.31 on Western Australia, 3 3.14. 8 0.60 on Victoria, 33 161. 5.10 6.00 Total Outward Orders in Sterling, 2,852 11,766. 2. 7 562.95 562.95 London on Hongkong, 120 404. 3. 4 23.80 on Shanghai, 42 132.13.10 7.09 New South Wales on 270 1,943.11. 0 103.10 Queensland on Hongkong or Shanghai, 445 2,949. 8.10 146.04 South Australia on 39 245. 4. 6 11.20 Western Australia on 10 79. 0. 0 Victoria on 30 140.13. 3 8.67 Total Inward Orders in Sterling, 956 5,894.14. 9 299.90 299.90 In Dollars. C. Hongkong on Shanghai, 87 1,535.23 33.20 on Japan, 86 1,612.17 24.84 or Shanghai on Straits Settlements, 77 1,860.60 20.20 Total Outward Orders in Dollars, 250 5,008.00 78.24 78.24 Shanghai on Hongkong, 139 2,590.06 53.20 Japan on 65 824.33 Straits Settlements on Hongkong, 112 1,489.07 Total Inward Orders in Dollars, 316 4,903.46 53.20 53.20 In Rupees. R. a. Hongkong or Shanghai on India, 289 27,551.7 154.45 154.45 India on Hongkong or Shanghai, 51 4,297.8 9.61 9.61 Hongkong on Ceylon, 124.8 1.40 1.40 $ c. Ceylon on Hongkong, 3 21.16 TOTAL COMMISSION,..(C.)—APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1883. Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.
INTERNATIONAL. LOCAL. COMPARISON WITH 1982. DESCRIPTION OF CORRESPONDENCE. De-spatched. Received. De-spatched. Received Total in 1882. Increase. Decrease. Ordinary paid letters, 372,500 427,500 50,600 53,000 903,600 Unpaid and short paid Articles, 8,500 14,600 2,400 12,000 37,600 Letters on Postal Business, 1,100 1,000 1,900 1,800 5,300 1,029,550 41,600 1,600 125,950 4,000 700 Post Cards, 6,100 2,600 1,000 1,700 11,400 Do. with prepaid reply, 150 150 12,420 200 1,020 50 Newspapers and Periodicals, 95,000 329,000 35,000 12,000 471,000 588,700 117,700 Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c., 166,500 146,000 15,000 12,500 340,000 278,100 61,900 Patterns, 4,150 10,000 910 1,300 16,360 17,820 1,460 Commercial Papers, 2,600 2,340 730 4,210 4,940 Registered Articles, 15,800 23,700 4,600 3,100 47,200 34,230 12,970 Letters with value declared, Registered Articles with Return Receipt, 247 1,400 260 570 2,477 1,560 917 Parcels, 104 130 260 400 894 400 494 Do. with value declared, Number of Money Orders, 3,308 1,187 87 139 4,721 4,030 691 Amount of Do., |fr. 366,869 |fr. 167,615 fr. 7,676 fr. 12,951 fr. 555,111 fr. 452,815 fr. 102,296