| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gross receipts from Letters, Post Cards, Newspapers, Books, and Parcels | $361,021.64 |
| Fees for Private Letter Boxes | $7,525.06 |
| Commission on Money Orders | $6,507.84 |
| Commission on Postal Orders | $2,794.99 |
| Profit on Exchange on Money Order transactions | $24,397.91 |
| Interest on Money Order Fund | $1,566.82 |
| Value of Unclaimed Money Orders | ... |
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| For Conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony | $156,151.59 |
| For Salaries and Wages and all expenses of Postal Service (including Money and Postal Order business) within the Colony | $33,927.69 |
| For Share of P. & O. Mail Subsidy | $69,135.55 |
| Total Cost of Postal Service | $259,211.93 |
| Profit | $144,655.04 |
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Message Fees | $23,817.40 |
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| For Salaries and Wages, &c. | $39,174.38 |
| Deficit | $15,356.98 |
| Between Colony and | Line of Steamers | No. of Mails | Total Annual Subsidy | Colony's Share of Subsidy | Other Payments to Contractors | Commencement | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai and Brindisi | Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company | 26 | £210,753 | £10,078 | ... | 1st February 1908 | 31st January 1918 |
Note: Shanghai and Bombay Section suspended as from 1st July.
| Office Type | Number |
|---|---|
| Post Offices | 1 General, 16 Branches |
| Money Order Offices | Two |
| Telegraph Offices | One |
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331
(Zf 1 )
POST AND TELEGRAPH STATISTICS, 1917.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE POST OFFICE.
POSTAL SERVICE.
..
REVENUB
Gross receipts from Letters, Post Cards, Newspapers, Books, and Parcels, Fees for Private Letter Boxes,
361,021,64
7,525.06
Commission on Money Orders,
·
6,507.84
Commission on Postal Orders,
2,794,99
Profit on Exchange on Money Order transactions,
Interest on Money Order Fund,
Value of Unclaimed Money Orders,
24,397.91
1,566.82
EXPENDITURE :—
Total Postal Revcute,.....
For Conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony,
For Salaries and Wages and all expenses of Postal Service (încluding
Money and Postal Order business) within the Colony,....
For Share of P. & O. Mail Subsidy, -
Total Cost of Postal Service,
Profit,
TELEGRAPH SERVICE,
REVENCE:-
—
Message Fees,.......................
EXPENDITURE :—
For Salaries and Wages, &c..........................
Deficit,
MAIL SERVICE.
331
55.61
403,869.87
'156,151.59 33,927.69 69,135.55
259,21-1.93
$144,655.04
$ 23,817.40
39,174.38
$ 15,356,98
Coutraci.
Between Colony and
Line of Steamers.
No. of Mails.
Total Annual Subsidy.
Colony's
Other payments
Share of
Subsidy.
to
Contractors.
Commencement. Termination.
Shangbai" | Peniusular and
and Brindisi.
Oriental Steam
1st February, 31st January,
1908.
1918.
26
£210,753
£10,078
PANA
Navigation Company.
NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1917.
Post Offices.
Money Order Offices,
1 General, 16 Branches.
Two.
• Shaughai and Bombay Section suspended as from ist July.
Telegraph Offices.
One.
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