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STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND HONGKONG REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE
AND PARCELS FOR THE YEAR 1914.
Interuational and Local..
Comparison with
1913.
Total
Description of Correspondence.
1914.
Total 1913.
Despatched.
Received.
Increase. Decrease.
Insured Letters, ......... Registered Articles,
1,787
2,730
4,517
3,864
653
273,533
483,113
756,646
827,944
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Registered Articles, (viâ Siberia),
Insured Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Insured Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),.. Insured Parcels, (viâ Marseilles), Ordinary Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Ordinary Parcels, (viâ Brindisi), Ordinary Parcels, (via Marseilles), Cash on Delivery Parcels,.........
America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels, German Parcels by German Ships, French Parcels by French Ships,..
Indian Insured Parcels,
Indian Ordinary Parcels.
Australian Parcels,
41,938
17,057
58,995
2,169
2,471
4,640
74,323 4,589
71,298 15,328
51
130
130
240
110
J
511
511
7,085
11,581
18,666
1,079 24,556
568
5,890
108
103
332
229
1,299
1,299
2,932
1,633
189
189
435
246
2,175
5,829
8,004
8,195
191
125
1,676
1,801
3,626
1,825
989
989
1,418
429
749
212
1,485
2,610
1,529
572
Japanese Parcels,
1,469
52,703
3,622
70,947
18,244
Miscellaneous Parcels,
Parcels, (via Siberia),..........
24,385 116
16,005
Parcels received for China Fleet,........
Total,
358,727
1,303
551,769
1,303
910,496 1,026,558
2,078
11
775
701
116,766
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Total decrease of 116,062 due to the prevailing unsettled coulition of affairs in Europe and the British Colonies in general.
Noto-For Rates of Postage see A 46 and the Postal Guide for the current year.