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NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1907.
Post Offices.
Money Order Offices,
Hongkong :—1 Gencral, 2 Branches.
Hongkong, 1.
China
11 Agencies.
Shangbai, 1.
Telegraph Offices.
STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND ÅGENCIES' REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE
AND PARCELS FOR 1907.
[International and Local.]
Comparison with 1906.
Description of Correspondence.
Total 1907. Total 1906.
Despatched, Received.
Increase. Decrease.
Insured Letters,
335
Registered Articles,
345,959
371 399,390
706
550
746,349
672,186
156 73,163
Insured Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar),
Insured Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),.
1,850 102
1.772
3,622
3.697
75
129
231
214
17
Insured Parcels, (viâ Marseilles),
313
313
321
8
Ordinary Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Onlinary Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),
14,603
13,569
28,174
24.435
3,739
271
331
602
507
95
Ordinary Parcels, (viû Marseilles),
1,031
1,031
950
81
+++
America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,
1.827
2,841
1,668
4,251
417
German Parcels by German Steamers.....
438
1,861
2,299
2,547
248
French Parcels received by French Steamers,.
958
958
910
48
Insured Indian Parcels,
501
500
Ordinary Indian Parcels.
1,274
1,737
Australian Parcels,
1,057
818
68,462
60,232
8,210
:
:
Japan Parcels,
2,092
1,884
Miscellaneous Parcels,
41,007
17,592
Total,.....
411,318
145,097
856,415
770,820 85,926
331
Parcels received for China Fleet,
2,267
2,267
Parcels, Shangbai and Agencies, Registered Articles, Shanghai, .. Registered Articles, Agencies,
20.409
13,872
34,281
2,410 30,807
143
3,474
51.458
29,032
2,920
2,133
80,490 5,053
118,135 4,715
37,645
338
Total,..........
74,787 47,804
122,091
156,067 3,812 37,788
Grand Total for 1907, 978,506; increase of 51,619 against 1906,
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN
THE COLONY AND THE UNITED KINGDON, AND BETWEEN THE COLONY AND OTHER
COLONIES OR FOREIGN Coustries, IN 1907.
Issued in the Colony,
l'aid in the Colony.
United Kingdom,
Now Zealand, Australian Colonies and South Africa,
Germany,
India and Ceylon,
United States and Canada,.
Japan,
Straits Settlements, Borneo, Siam, &c.,
British Postal Orders,....
Local Postul Orders,
£ 17.400. 2. 1
£ 2.340. 15. 8
Mke. 31,983.94 R✩ 248,060.11 $ Gold 6,620.75 Yen 256,758.10 $ Mex. 60,301.69 £11,764. I. 6
£17,277.18. 4
£ 31,013. 7.11 Mks. 63,254.74 Rs 157,282.15
* Gold 32,219.47
Yen
45,714.22 Mex. 107,744.80 £ 3,269. 4. 9
Mex. 22,877.50