Letters,
(Zf 3)
' STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF LETTERS, ETC., DEALT WITH IN 1915.
External.
Internal.
Total,
United Kingdom.
Other Placos.
Post Cards,
Newspapers,
Book Packets, Samples, and Circulars,
No statistics,
Parcels,.
From
To
From
To
Telegrams,
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN
HONGKONG AND the United Kingdom, THE COLONIES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1915.
Money Orders,
British Postul Orders,
Issued in the Colony.
Paid in the Colony.
£
8.
d.
£
d.
79,137
0
11,028
19
6
109,691
11,371 11
1
10
9
$42,503.00
Local Postal Orders,
STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND HONGKONG REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE
AND PARCELS FOR THE YEAR 1915.
International and Local.
Comparison with 1914.
Description of Correspondence.
Total 1915.
Total 1914.
Despatched. Revived.
Increase. Decrease.
Insured Letters,
Registered Articles,
Inanied Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar),
1,518
2.558
220,419
100,136
4,076 620,555
4,517 756,646
441 136,091
Registered Articles, (viû Siberia),
Insured Parcels, (vià Brindisi).......... Insured Parcels, (viâ Marseilles),.
41,066 1,481
13,470 2,255
54,536
58,995
4,159
3,736
4,640
904
130
130
511
511
Ordinary Parrels, (viâ Gibraltar),
8,027
10,024
18,051
18.666
615
Ordinary Purcels, (viù Brindisi),
103
103
Ordinary Parcels, (viâ Marseilles),
:
1,299
1,299
Cali on Delivery Parcels,.....
144
144
189
45
America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,
2,604
7,384
9,98%
8,004
1,984
German Parcels by German Ships,
1,801
1,801
French Parcels by French Ships,..
1,351
1,351
989
362
Indian Insured Parcels,
1,082
808
Indian Ordinary Parcels,
2,164
2,154
Australian Parcels,
1,217
569
72,153
Japanese Parcels,
2,017
4,618
52,703 19,450
Miscellaneous Parcels,
25,740
31,784
Parcels, (viâ Siberia),................
Parcels received for China Fleet,....
Total....
307,335 477,255 784,590
1,303
910,496 21,796 147,702
-
1,303
Total decrease of 125,906 due to the prevailing unsettled condition of affairs in Europe and the British Colonics in general,
Note.-For Bates of Postage ses ▲ 46 and the Postal Guide for the current year.