Table I
Mails Received and Despatched during the years 1921 and 1922.
For H.M. For Foreign Sent in transit Steamers To and from Hongkong. Ships on China Men-of-War, through Hongkong. carrying Mails. Station. Loose Bags. Packets. Letter Bags Boxes Bags. Bags. and : and Arrivals. Depar-tures. Boxes. Packets. Baskets. Received in 1922, 173,855 9,984 633 5,677 778 Received in 1921, 163,377 10,802 678 6,151 798 10,478 818 45 474 20 Increase, 10,478 Decrease, 818 45 474 20 Despatched in 1922, 175,231 171 1,576 977 1,479 128,149 8,320 108,509 18,978 Despatched in 1921, 174,176 493 916 4,597 5,334 ... ... 737 Increase, 1,055 97 61 19,640 Decrease, 322 10,658 6,364 7,774 ... 1,410R 17