Table I.
Mails Received and Despatched during the years 1928 and 1929.
Receptacles for and from Hong Kong. Received in 1928, Received in 1929, Increase, Decrease, For H.M. Ships on China Station, 45,202 48,679 3,477 For Foreign Men-of-War. 4,315 13,265 8,950 Receptacles in transit 818 1,095 277 Steamers carrying Mails. 170,359 166,229 4,130 5,936 6,050 114 Despatched in 1928, 35,517 Despatched in 1929, 43,725 8,208 2,292 5,531 3,239 796 836 40 ... 6,999 ... 6,782 ... 217- R 9