Table II.
Statistics of International and Hongkong Registered Correspondence and Parcels for the year 1914.
Description of Correspondence. International and Local. Total 1914. Total 1913. Comparison with 1913. Despatched. Received. Increase. Decrease. Insured Letters, 1,787 2,730 4,517 3,864 653 Registered Articles, 273,533 483,113 756,646 827,944 71,298 Registered Articles viâ Siberia, 41,938 17,057 58,995 74,323 15,328 Insured Parcels via Gibraltar, 2,169 2,471 4,640 4,589 51 Insured Parcels via Brindisi, 130 130 240 110 130 Insured Parcels viâ Marseilles, 511 511 1,079 568 Ordinary Parcels via Gibraltar, 7,085 11,581 18,666 24,556 5,890 Ordinary Parcels viâ Brindisi, 103 103 332 229 Ordinary Parcels viâ Marseilles, 1,299 1,299 2,932 1,633 Cash on Delivery Parcels, 189 189 435 246 Carried forward, 326,745 518,951 845,696 940,294 704 95,302