Table III.
Statistics of International and Hong Kong Parcels for the year 1932.
International and Local.
Comparison with 1931.
Description of Parcels Total Despatched Received for delivery in Hong Kong Received for onward transmission Total 1932 Total 1931 Increase Decrease London Insured 1,012 2,678 74 3,764 4,698 934 Ordinary 12,242 13,587 373 26,202 41,143 14,941 Cash on Delivery 518 13 531 480 51 United States of America, Manila, and Honolulu 7,177 15,280 87 22,544 25,329 2,785 French Parcels by French Ships 1,517 672 2,189 China Parcels 17,291 15,398 13,672 46,361 96,154 2,588 Indian Insured Parcels 360 454 77 891 1,253 362 Ordinary Parcels 10,090 1,348 2,256 13,694 49,793 36,099 Indo-China Parcels 5,919 3,029 362 9,310 16,629 7,319 Straits Parcels 4,344 2,099 382 6,825 8,039 1,214 Australian Parcels 2,842 1,157 1,766 5,765 7,680 1,915 Dutch East Indies Parcels 3,134 246 16 3,396 10,271 6,875 Japanese Parcels 2,962 5,438 1,913 10,313 14,122 3,809 Miscellaneous Parcels 11,818 7,122 2,780 21,720 29,673 7,953 Locally Posted Parcels 337 54,748 92,178 37,430 Total 79,191 70,208 ... 228,253 382,170 51 153,968 Total decrease 153,917* Denotes Parcels posted in Hong Kong for Local Delivery, a decrease of 64.