Table I.
Mails Received and Despatched during the years 1916 and 1917.
For H.M.Ships on China
Station. For Foreign
Men-of-War. Sent in Transit
through Hongkong. Steamers Carrying Mails. Loose
Bags. Packets. Letter
Bags. Bags
and
Boxes Arrivals. Depar-
tures. To and From Hongkong. Received in 1917, 8,525 666 1,036 782 Received in 1916, 107,385 8,293 657 1,585 864 Increase,
Decrease,...... 137 232 9 549 82 Despatched in 1917, 123,094 597 920 780 69,540 12,192 Despatched in 1916, 122,527 711 1,434 860 68,335 11,203 Increase, Decrease, + 567 114 514 80 1,205 989 4,415
4,023 392 ... 5,693
5,253 440
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