Table III.
Statistics of International and Hong Kong Parcels for the year 1931.
International and Local.
Comparison with 1930.
Description of Parcels.
Total Total Despatched, Received for delivery in Received for 1931. 1930, onward Increase. Decrease, Hong Kong, transmission. London Insured, 1,794 2,832 72 4,693 4,853 155 Ordinary, 15 23,743 16,964 4.36 41,143 37,144 3,999 Cash on Delivery, 477 3 480 649 169 ... United States of America, Manila, and Honolulu, 8,835 16,392 102 25,329 27,642 2,313 French Parcels by French Ships, 1,776 812 2,588 2,248 340 China Parcels, 25,535 33,408 37,211 96,154 125,953 29,799 306 Indian Insured Parcels, 608 552 93 1,253 1,559 "" Ordinary Parcels,.. 25,594 1,733 4,606 31,933 32,415 482 Indo-China Parcels,..... 10,577 5,551 501 16,629 23,422 6,793 Straits Parcels,.... 5,282 2,261 496 8,039 11,650 3,611 Australian Parcels, 4,748 936 1,996 7,680 10,249 .. 2,569 Dutch East Indies Parcels,. 6,192 294 3,785 10,271 10,401 130 ... Japanese Parcels,.... 3,612 7,158 3,352 14,122 17,770 • 3,648 Miscellaneous Parcels,. 19,469 6,876 3,328 29,673 31,923 2,250 Locally Posted Parcels, 401 92,178 92,178 90,971 1,207 Total,........ 135,989 97,611 148,971 382,170 428,849 5,546 52,225 Total decrease.. 46,679 parcels.* Parcels posted in Hong Kong for Local Delivery not in totals.