Table III.
Statistics of International and Hong Kong Parcels for the year 1983.
Description of Parcels.
Locally Posted. In Transit. Total Despatched. Received for delivery in Hong Kong. Total. Comparison with 1932. 1933. Increase. Decrease. London Insured, 1,019 " Ordinary, 11,288 911 1,211 1,110 12,499 Cash on Delivery, 2,625 3,735 3,690 45 15,205 27,704 United States of America, Manila, and Honolulu, 24,580 " 24,580 French Parcels by French Ships, China Parcels, 25 ... 25 633 658 557 Indian Insured Parcels, 3,124 101 ... 5,895 97 5,992 Ordinary Parcels, 14,341 20,333 22,457 2,124 Indo-China Parcels, 1,568 1,568 11,500 3,818 15,318 13,080 Straits Parcels, 1,517 32,689 51 258 12 270 417 Australian Parcels, 687 814 5,761 2,808 8,569 1,206 Dutch East Indies Parcels, 9,775 11,438 Japanese Parcels, 1,239 1,484 2,723 1,046 3,769 3,999 Miscellaneous Parcels, 1,126 1,694 2,820 231 1,676 1,214 2,890 9,376 7,012 4,213 11,225 6,770 3,051 3,380 12,266 8,400 17,995 18,940 230 329 3,866 ... 945 Total, 53,135 18,954 72,089 70,728 142,817 147,852 Parcels posted in Hong Kong for local delivery ... 247 337 90 Total decrease 7,187 12,222 5,125- R