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Table XII.

Dead Letters Received and Despatched in the Dead Letter Branch.

PLACES. RETURNED TO HONGKONG. RETURNED BY HONGKONG. United Kingdom, 3,177 759 160 3,245 557 11,843 India, ... 1,198 35 130 2,420 619 587 Straits Settlements, 4,767 36 277 2,731 61 463 Federated Malay States, 547 3 33 316 3 2 Ceylon, 120 24 10% 30 15 Batavia, N.I., 100 792 356 18 55 Egypt, 32 5 13 91 37 83 Continent of Europe. 846 315 3,220 U. S. of America, 2,782 500 352 1,882 290 2,312 Canada, 480 54 23 239 39 40 Japan, 365 169 233 478 269 167 China, 7,009 65 1,802 15,600 375 842 Manila, 140 33 5 362 39 176 Mexico, Honolulu, 4 6 French Indo-China, 303 3 65 221 1 131 Foreign Offices in China, + 281 35 50 Macao, 53 353 15 23 Siam, 337 2 32 239 7 1 Victoria, 143 28 15 110 17 89 New South Wales, 111 20 5 209 26 145 South Australia, 9 1 3 28 4 17 Queensland, 83 6 18 48 30 Western Australia, 41 13 29 Tasmania, 17 1 13 1 New Zealand, 81 12 22 69 9 26 Natal (inclusive of South Africa), 99 UC 8 12 Transvaal, 211 30 3 Other Places,... 3,993 768 2,730 65 2 2 Shanghai B. P. O., 3,223 551 8,236 Other B.P.O.'s in China, 501 62 328 Total in 1909, 30,122 3,188 15,339 30,761 2,815 20,725 Total in 1908, 30,065 2,834 16,025 28,818 2,558 18,941

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