Table III.
Statistics of International and Hongkong Registered Parcels for the year 1924.
International and Local.
Comparison with 1923.
Total Total Description of Parcels. Despatched. Received for Received for onward 1924. 1923. Increase. Decrease. Hongkong, transmission. Insured Parcels via Gibraltar,... 2,936 6,210 212 9,358 9,435 77 Ordinary Parcels viâ Gibraltar, 17,574 18,256 893 36,723 36,171 552 Cash on Delivery Parcels, 447 168 615 413 202 America, Manila, and Honolulu Parcels, 14,388 16,104 131 30,573 25,474 5,099 French Parcels by French Ships, 3,240 1,332 4,572 3,109 1,463 China Parcels, 44,647 41,340 35,466 121,453 134,228 12,775 Indian Insured Parcels, 2,422 733 1,232 4,387 7,018 2,661 Indian Ordinary Parcels, 13,436 2,686 5,937 22,059 22,237 178 Indo-China Parcels, 13,856 3,671 648 18,175 21,451 3,276 Straits Parcels, 13,869 2,088 1,864 17,821 22,202 4,381 Australian Parcels, 7,500 791 2,003 10,297 11,647 1,350 Dutch East Indies Parcels, 5,158 288 895 6,341 6,385 44 Japanese Parcels, 2,766 4,280 1,503 8,549 10,126 1,577 Miscellaneous Parcels, 8,079 2,896 8,271 14,246 15,303 1,057 Locally Posted Parcels, *442 91,026 91,026 92,640 1,614 Total, 146,581 103,475 146,581 396,195 417,869 7,316 28,990* Denotes number of parcels posted in Hongkong for Local Delivery.
Total decrease of 21,674 parcels.
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