Table V.
POSTAGE STAMPS, etc., issued for SALE in HONGKONG and at the BRITISH POST OFFICES in China during the years 1907 and 1908.
Denomination. 1907. 1908. Increase + Decrease Postage Stamps, 1-cent. 426,000 653,276 227.276 2-cents. 2,330,880 2,639,996 309,116 4 2,414,160 2,646,216 232,056 5 879,600 1,512,876 633,276 6 10 1,108,560 1,100,396 -8,164 12 31,440 25,676 -5,764 20 139,642 103,196 -36,446 30 67,680 56,876 -10,804 50 62,520 64,396 1,876 $1 44,581 40,556 -4,025 2-dollars, 18,148 19,446 1,298 3 5,600 4,706 -894 5 2,456 36 10 2,870 2,606 -264 Books of Stamps, $1 6,075 7,475 1,400 Post Cards, 1-cent, 26,251 32,796 6,545 2-cents. 520 316 -204 4 18,900 14,736 -4,164 8 450 334 -116 Newspaper Wrappers, Postage Envelopes, 1,325 11,166 9,841 528 1,346 818 925 546 -379 1,620 2,622 1,002 8,223 8,742 519 200 242 42 200 292 92 Registration Envelopes, 11 11,070 10,535 (error, should be a negative)Table VI.
Year. Total Revenue. Total Expenditure. Profit. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. 1900 325,603.33 235,263.08 90,340.25 72.25 1901 355,912.74 273,685.51 82,227.23 76.89 1902 387,066.19 316,240.12 70,826.07 81.70 1903 414,867.20 334,177.40 80,689.80 80.55 1904 408,458.92 316,756.56 91,702.36 77.54 1905 414,833.19 585,449.25 * -170,611.06 141.12 1906 420,454.04 359,484.08 60,969.96 85.49 1907 445,420.92 366,452.47 78,968.45 82.27 1908 412,431.60 371,486.17 40,945.43 90.07