( Zd 7 )
NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPII OFFICES IN 1902.
Post Offices.
Money Under Offices.
Hongkong:-1 General, 2 Branches,
Hongkong, 1.
China -
-10 Agencies.
Shanghai, 1.
APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1902,
INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Telegraph Offices.
International,
Local.
Comparison with 1901.
Description of Correspondence.
Total.
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Despatched. Receivel.
Despat- ched.
Rereivel.
Total in
1901. F
Increase. Decrease
Ordinary Paid Letters,
2,236,150
1,683,590 | 151,820
76,730 4,1 18,590 | 4,002,580 | 146,010
Unpaid or Short-paid Arti
cles,
Letters on Postul Business,
Post Cards..................
36,200
8,080
160,110
39,260 2.220 260
7,100 2,930 1,330
112,870 4,350 1,430
77,940 138,260
19,440 19,210
278,760 198,370
60,320
230
80,390
Newspapers, Books, Circu-
lars, Patterns, &c.,..............
875,760
Registered Articles,
1,202,130 92,590 16,640 2,187.120 | 2,352,690
187,060 | 269,020 10,670 | 8,760 475,510 444,360
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163,570
31,150
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Registered Articles with Return Receipts,
1,220
10,400
1001
960
12,680
10,550
2,130
Insured Letters (Actual), ..
160
124
284
260
24
Local Delivery :-
-Letters,
Circulars, &c.,
280,770
278,720 2,050
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ORDER TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE COLONY AND THE UNITED
KINGDOM, AND BETWEEN THE COLONY And other CoLONIES or Foreigs CousTRIES, IN 1902.
Issued in Colony.
Paid in Colony.
United Kingdom,
Australian Cui les,
India and Ceylon,
United States and Canada,
Тарап,
Straits Settlements, Boruco, Sium, &e.,
£14,932.15.5
£1,152.10,3
R= 187,287,14
$6,840,59 Gold
Yen 156,596.71
$14,344.71 Mex.
£ 5,493 19.1
£22,234.17 4
R✩98,959.2
$13,871,84 Gold
Yen 7,300.03
$32,491.23 Mex.