AnnualReport-1938

Table I.

MAILS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED DURING THE YEARS 1937 and 1938.

For H.M.
Ships on
China
Station. For and from
Men-of-
War. Receptacles
in transit. For Foreign
Receptacles
in Hong Kong. Aeroplanes Carrying Mails. Received in 1937 53,153 5,431 1,551 5,376 Received in 1938 55,345 7,464 1,676 Increase 2,192 2,033 125 224,313 Decrease 156,906 4,721 Despatched in 1937 44,416 3,257 1,084 5,577 Despatched in 1938 46,899 3,965 1,282 4,682 Increase 2,483 708 198 Decrease 895

Table II.

STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND HONG KONG CORRESPONDENCE FOR 1938.

REGISTERED ARTICLES.

Posted at Hong Kong for other Countries. Received from other Countries for Hong Kong. In Transit. Total Number. 1938 35,859 421,892 720,778 1,314,189 1937 47,968 323,770 432,915 886,262 Increase 98,122 287,863 427,927 Decrease 12,109

INSURED LETTERS.

Posted at Hong Kong for other Countries. Received from other Countries for Hong Kong. In Transit. Total Number. 1938 9,026 9,907 1,213 20,146 1937 4,149 6,667 1,452 12,268 Increase 4,877 3,240 7,878 Decrease 239

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Table III.