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6.-CHINESE DELIVERY SECTION.
During the year this section handled 2,323,698 ordinary letters, 93,695 other articles, and 7,477 postal hong packets as against 2,327,618 ordinary letters, 98,726 other articles, and 8,096 postal hong packets in 1921.
The registered articles delivered amounted to 263,621 of which 155,271 were from the United States and Canada, and 108,350 from China and other countries, shewing a decrease of 79,236 as compared with 342,857 in 1921.
3,444 insured letters were dealt with as against 3,717 in 1921.
The total number of Chinese private boxes for which licenses were issued during the year was 331, an increase of 6, as compared with 325 in 1921.
The licenses of 22 Chinese Postal Hongs were renewed, the same number as in 1921.
7.-RADIO-TELEGRAPH SUB-DEPARTMENT.
The revenue collected during the year from radiotelegrams amounted to $32,052.99, an increase of $12,970.01 on the amount collected in 1921. Advices of vessels signalled at the Lighthouses yielded $725.80 and Semaphore messages $13.60 making a total of $32,792.39 from the Telegraph Service. Expenditure amounted to $65,670.85, which sum includes the cost of a New Battery and a Motor Alternator Set amounting to $22,604.82.
The balance of Expenditure over revenue amounted to $32,878.46.
Details are given in Tables XI and XII.
The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 2,964 consisting of 40,928 words against 2,235 with 30,239 words in 1921, and 7,865 were received consisting of 104,858 words as against 6,182 with 82,513 words in 1921.
8.-MISCELLANEOUS.
It is pleasant to report that 1922 has been a record year for the Post Office. The sale of stamps—and this is the surest touch of all postal business, is the largest on record. The sales during the year 1922 amounted to $572,583 as against $548,379 in 1921. These figures represent the stamps sold for postal purposes only and do not of course include any stamps which are transferred by book entry to legal and other departments in the Government.