Table I.
Mails Received and Despatched during 1915.
For H.M. To and From Hongkong. Ships on China Station. For Foreign Sent in Transit Steamers Men-of-War. through Hongkong. Carrying Mails. Loose Bags. Packets. Letter Bags Boxes Bags. Bags. Boxes. and Packets. Baskets. and Arrivals. Depar-tures. Received in 1915, 109,011 111,226 9,506 13,528 596 1,528 752 1,312 2,404 463 Received in 1914, 4,972 4,910 Increase, 289 62 *** *** Decrease, 2,215 4,022 716 876 Despatched in 1915, 123,234 411 556 1,067 401 70,993 11,049 Despatched in 1914, 124,723 827 879 2,085 925 72,955 11,998 5,292 5,294 Increase, ** • 1,489 416 Decrease, 1,489 416 323 1,018 524 1,962 949 2R 9