Table I.
Mails Received aud Despatched during the years 1917 and 1918.
For H.M. To and From Hongkong. Ships on China Station. For Foreign Men-of-War. Sent in Transit through Hongkong. Steamers Carrying Mails. Loose Bags, Packets. Letter Bags. Bags. Bags. Boxes. Bags Boxes and Packets. Baskets. Arrivals. Depar-tures. Received in 1918, 118,651 7,574 639 1,092 632 ... Received in 1917, 107,522 8,525 666 1,036 782 4,501 4,415 ... Increase, 11,129 56 86 ... Decrease, ... 951 27 150 Despatched in 1918, 134,241 921 1,191 684 81,562 11,307 5,697 Despatched in 1917, 123,094 597 920 780 69,540 12,192 5,693 Increase, Decrease, 11,147 324 271 ... 324 96 885 12,022 4R