Table III.
Statistics of International and Hong Kong Parcels for the
year 1929.
International and Local.
Comparison with 1928.
Description of Parcels. Total Despatched. Received for delivery in Hong Kong. Received for onward transmission. Total 1929. Total 1928. Increase. Decrease. London Insured, 2,094 3,171 140 5,045 5,557 512 Ordinary, 21,581 18,175 798 40,554 40,162 392 Cash on Delivery, 920 165 1,085 822 263 United States of America, Manila, and Honolulu, 8,358 20,795 225 29,378 28,109 1,269 French Parcels by French Ships, 2,197 626 2,823 2,593 230 China Parcels, 36,782 42,133 37,349 116,264 115,680 584 Indian Insured Parcels, 962 656 283 1,901 1,788 113 Ordinary Parcels, 16,427 1,543 5,326 23,296 26,216 2,920 Indo-China Parcels, 9,812 7,359 586 17,937 16,797 1,140 Straits Parcels, 9,815 2,561 557 12,933 12,204 729 Australian Parcels, 8,897 937 2,044 11,878 9,689 2,189 Dutch East Indies Parcels, 7,874 328 20 8,222 9,541 1,319 Japanese Parcels, 3,108 8,244 5,182 16,524 15,119 1,405 Miscellaneous Parcels, 21,501 7,544 4,094 33,139 26,516 6,623 Locally Posted Parcels, 89,816 89,816 113,087 23,271 * 253 253 202 51 Total, 147,211 116,563 411,165 423,880 14,847 27,662* Parcels posted in Hong Kong for Local Delivery not in totals.
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