AnnualReport-1927

Table III.

Statistics of International and Hong Kong Parcels for the year 1927.

International and Local,

Comparison with 1926.

Description of Parcels.

Despatched. Delivery in Received for Received for Total Total 1927. 1926. Increase. Decrease. onward Hong Kong. transmission. London Insured, 1,365 3,662 90 ** Ordinary, 24,681 16,648 605 5,117 41,934 Cash on Delivery, 539 201 740 5,346 31,483 1,068 ... ... ... 10,451 ... 229 328 United States of America, Manila, and Honolulu, 10,113 R 16,959 210 27,282 20,890 6,392 ... French Parcels by French Ships, 2,333 772 3,105 3,388 China Parcels, 46,269 31,729 50,259 128,257 225,427 + Indian Insured Parcels, 1,389 762 315 2,466 3,852 283 97,170 Ordinary Parcels, 24,940 1,546 4,289 30,775 27,853 1,386 Indo-China Parcels, 9,526 3,809 757 14,092 14,968 ... Straits Parcels, 12,568 1,750 375 14,693 19,550 *** Australian Parcels, 6,259 756 1,384 8,399 9,627 ... Dutch East Indies Parcels, 2,922 876 ' 4,857 1,228 10,614 222 380 11,216 8,816 2,400 ... Japanese Parcels, 2,734 7,082 4,528 14,344 12,208 Miscellaneous Parcels, Locally Posted Parcels, 15,625 4,084 8,155 22,864 16,690 2,136 6,174 *363 98,763 98,763 154,188 ... Tatal,... 166,083 92,241 166,053 424,047 555,354 30,475 161,782

Parcels posted in Hong Kong for Local Delivery.