Table X.
DEAD LETTERS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED IN THE DEAD LETTER BRANCH.
PLACES. RETURNED TO HONGKONG. RETURNED BY HONGKONG. Letters. Post Cards. Other Articles. Letters. Post Cards. Other Articles. United Kingdom, 2,816 814 292 2,761 357 9,634 India, 968 41 125 3,134 748 501 Straits Settlements, 4,915 50 184 3,175 111 1,189 Ceylon, 152 14 5 75 26 19 Batavia, N.I., 126 622 302 43 74 Egypt, 33 6 92 27 71 Continent of Europe, 1,173 335 3,589 U. S. of America, 3,402 312 129 1,541 191 2,168 Canada, 451 34 16 274 25 257 Mexico, 283 36 Honolulu, 194 Manila, 171 24 5 319 56 88 Japan, 393 172 182 508 210 177 China, 7,971 75 1,865 13,326 288 $39 French Indo-China, 124 2 1 787 10 71 Foreign Offices in China, 306 27 27 Macao, 1 41 260 8 Siam, 810 2 I 84 20 Victoria, 132 25 13 83 7 54 New South Wales, 107 26 7 166 23 South Australia, 24 1 2 23 Queensland, 45 10 15 Western Australia, 84 7 16 26 Tasmania, 12 1 5 8 New Zealand, 53 12 15 76 Natal (inclusive of South Africa), 150 9 3 Transvaal, 251 22 8 Other Places... 2,857 673 4,713 124 4 10 Shanghai B. P. O., 3,139 442 7,181 Other B. P. O.s in China, 550 58 544 Total in 1908, 30,065 2,834 2,899 28,818 2,558 2,636 Total in 1907, 23,969 2,636 18,941 22,417 2,261 16,815D 8