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NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1909.
l'ost Offices.
Money Order Oflices.
Hongkong :—1 General, 4 Branches.
Hongkong, 1.
China-11 Agencies.
Shanghai, 1.
Telegraph Offices.
STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND AGENCIES' REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE
AND PARCELS FOR 1908.
International and Local.
Compariso 1907
Description of Correspondence.
Total 1908. Total 1907.
Despatched. Received,
Increase. 1-
Insured Letters, Registered Articles,
462
370,730
GOG 322,891
1,068
70G
362
693,62|
745,349
Insured Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Insural Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),... Insured Parcels, (viâ Marseilles),
1,872
79
1,857 157
3,729
3,622
**107
236
231
5
327
327
313
14
Ordinary Parcols, (viâ Gibraltar),
11.423
13,376
24,799
28,174
Onlinary Parcels, (vin Brindisi),
144
444
598
602
Ordinary Parcels, (viû Marseilles),
1,105
1,105
1,031
71
America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,
1,639
2,957
4,596
4,668
German Parcels by German Steamers,....
351
1,814
2,168
2,299
C
Freneli Parcels received by French Steamers,....
929
929
958
Indian Insured Parcels,
960
536
Indian Ordinary Parcels,
1,389
1,996
Australian Parcels,
1,002
555
72,337
63,462
3,875
Japan Parcels,
1,975
1,691
Miscellaneous Parcels,
44,453
17,780
Total,.....
436,482
369,021
805,503
856,415
1,137
Parcels received for China Fleet,
2,265
2,266
2,267
Parcels, Shanghai and Agencies,
23.854
18,369
42,223
34,281
7,942
Registered Articles, Slinnghai,
53,248
32,341
85,589
80,490
5,099
Registered Articles, Agencies,
4,365
10,208
14,573
5,053
9,520
(Exclusive of articles also
passing through Hongkong), }
81,467 63,181
144,631
122,091
22,561
Grand Total for 1909, 930,154; decrease of 28,352 against 1907.
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ÜRDER AND POSTAL ORDER TRANSACTIONS BETW!!
THE COLONY AND THE United KingdOM, AND BETWEEN THE COLONY AND OTHER
COLONIES OR FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1903.
Issued in the Colony.
I'aid in the C'ol
£ 13,160. 8. 2
United Kingdom,....................................
Now Zealnud, Australian Commonwealth aud South Africa,
Germany,..
India aud Ceylon,
United States and Qauada..
Japan, ..............................
Straits Settlements, Borneo, Siam, &c.,
British Postal Order,................
Local Postal Orders, ... ·
£ 1,942, 5. 6 Mks. 26,618.11 Rs 210,144. O $ Gold 7,096.39 Yen 207,035.08 $ Mox. 89,231.02 £ 12,046.16. 6
£ 17,107 £ 24,631 Mks, 125.' Rs 147!
8 Gold 22, Yeu M-4. $ Mex. 107. £ 5,457.
$ Mex. 30,197.50