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Outward telegraphic Money Orders have similarly increased, viz:- 91 orders amounting to £1,654 against 39 orders for £721 in 1919. The inward orders amounted to £320.16.6 in 1920 against £403.5.6 in the previous year but the number of orders were the same, i.e., 15 in number.
An increase is shown in the sales of British Postal Orders but a decrease in payment, viz:- £3,478 and £3,341 respectively. Local Postal Notes are coming into public favour as a means of making remittances to Macao as they can be more easily cashed than Money Orders. An increase of $8,000 is shown under this head in 1920.
Full details appear in Table VIII, IX and X.
6. CHINESE CORRESPONDENCE.
Chinese Delivery Section, General Post Office.
During the year this section handled 2,151,082 ordinary letters, 98,643 other articles, and 7,449 postal hong packets, as against 2,066,899 ordinary letters, 93,097 other articles and 6,910 postal hong packets in 1919.
The registered articles delivered amounted to 307,055 of which 197,930 were from the United States of America and Canada, and 109,125 from China and other countries, showing an increase of 37,857, as compared with 269,198 in 1919.
3,144 insured letters were dealt with as against 2,743 in 1919.
The total number of Chinese private boxes for which licences were issued during the year was 304, an increase of 7 as compared with 297 in 1919.
The licences of 22 Chinese Postal Hongs were renewed, the same number as in 1919.
7.—TELEGRAPH SUB-DEPARTMENT.
The revenue collected during the year from radio-telegrams amounted to $14,591.73 an increase of $4,241.70 on the amount collected in 1919. Advices of vessels signalled at the lighthouses yielded $581.20 making a total of $15,172.93 from the Telegraph Service. Expenditure amounted to $39,335.15.
The Telegraph Service was worked at a loss of $24,162.22.
Details are given in Tables XI and XII.
The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 1,965 consisting of 25,221 words against 1,118 with 15,577 words in 1919 and 5,306 were received consisting of 75,007 words as against 2,825 with 38,191 words in 1919.
8.—MISCELLANEOUS.
The mail contract with the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services expired in 1920 but the outward service from Hongkong was