# Table I.
MAILS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED DURING THE YEARS 1938 AND 1939.
Receptacles For H.M. Steuters For and from Ships on Hong Kong Station. For Foreign Men-of-War. Receptacles: in transit. China and Aeroplanes Carrying Mails. Received in 1938 55,345 7,464 1,676 224,313 4,721 Received in 1939 51,509 3,941 949 169,656 4,017 Increase Decrease 3,836 3,523 727 54,657 704 Despatched in 1938 46,899 3,965 1,282 4,682 Despatched in 1939 46,611 2,244 328 3,754 Increase Decrease 288 1,721 954 928# Table II.
STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND HONG KONG CORRESPONDENCE FOR 1938 AND 1939.
REGISTERED ARTICLES.
Posted at Hong Kong for other Countries. Posted for Hong Kong. Received from other Countries. In Transit. Total Number. 1938 35,859 421,892 720,778 135,660 1,314,189 1939 46,069 436,482 899,002 207,788 1,589,341 Increase 10,210 14,590 178,224 72,128 275,152 DecreaseINSURED 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 1939 9,698 14,204 1,797 25,609 Increase 672 4,297 584 5,463 Decrease