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STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED Total Number of Letters, etc., DEALT WITH in 1937.
I
External,
Internal.
United Kingdom.
Orber Places.
Total.
From
To
From
To
Letters,
Post Cards,
No statistics.
Newspapers
Book Packets, Samples, and Circulars,
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY Order and Postal Order TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN Hong Kong and Great Britain, the ColonieS, AND FOREIGN Cocstries, in 1937.
Money Orders,
British Postal Orders,
Local Postal Notes,
1937
1936
Issued in the Colony.
Paid in the Colony.
ㄓ
5.
d.
19,740
7,458
2
£ 39,192 0,492
d.
4.
10
$243.50 II.K. Currency.
STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND Hong Kong CORRESPONDENCE FOR 1937.
Registered Articles,
Posted and delivered at Hong Kong.
47,968
25,284
Posted at Hong Kong for other countries.
323,770 239.690
Received from other countries for Hong Kong.
lu transit.
Total number.
432,915 3X9.728
$1,609
56,164
884,262 660,866
22.684
84,050
93,187
25,445
225,396
Increase. Decrease.
MANA
Insured Letters.
1957 1936
l'usted at Hong Kong for other countries,
4,149 4,374
Rereived from other countries for Hong Kong.
In transit.
Total number.
6,667 6.342
1,452 1,824
12,268 12,540
Increase. Decrense.
325
225
372
272
Parcels,
Articles posted.
Articles delivered.
I to Ciries.
Total articles handled.
77,327 61,87
$1,051
27,248
77,839
24,770
199,626 164,482
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15,454
6,212
2,473
24,144
Decres e.
.