Table I.
Mails Despatched and Received during 1910.
For H.M.S. For Foreign Men-of-War. Sent in transit through Hongkong. Steamers Carrying Mails. To and from Hongkong. in China Station. Loose Bags. Packets. Letter Bags. Bags. Boxes. Bags and Packets. Boxes Arrivals. Departures. 6,084 5,326 Received in 1910, 117,333 2,411 1,991 7,794 1,284 Received in 1909, 113,805 2,347 2,932 538 3,764 Increase, 3,528 64 7,256 758 Decrease, 941 2,480 Despatched in 1910, 97,742 5,590 1,918 1,490 1,334 63,820 3,480 6,739 Despatched in 1909, 86,379 6,578 2,327 1,117 2,736 40,326 432 6,760 Increase, 11,363 373 23,494 3,048 Decrease, 988 409 1,402 21