462
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STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF LETTERS, ETC, DEALT WITH IN 1938.
Exterual.
Internal.
United Kingdom.
Other Places,
Total.
From
To
From
To
Letters,...
Post Cards,
No statistics.
Newspapers
Book Packets, Samples, and Ciren!ars,
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GREAT BRITAIN, THE COLONTES, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1938,
Money Orders,
British Postal Orders,
Local Postal Notes,
Issued in the Colony.
Paid in the Colony.
£ 27,779 6 8,375 10
&. d.
42-
10
£ 31,495 3,842
5.
d.
18
0 0
Oxf
$217.25 H.K. Currency,
STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND HONG KONG CORRESPONDENCE FOR 1938.
Registered Articles.
Posted nud delivered at Hong Kong.
Posted at Hong Kong for other countries.
Received from other countries for Hong Kong.
In transit,
Total number.
1938 1937
35,859
47,968
421,892 323,770
720,778
432,915
135,660 81,609
1,314,189
886,262
Increase.
98.122
287,863
54,051
427,927
Decrease.
12,109
1938 1937
Posted at Hong Kong for other countries.
9,026 4,149
Increase. Decrease.
4,877
Insured Letters.
Received from other countries for Hong Kong.
In transit.
Total number.
9.907
6,667
1,213
1,452
20,146 12,268
3,240
7,878
239
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ANAL
Parcels.
Articles posted.
Articles delivered.
Received for transmission to other countries.
Total articles handled,
1938 1937
132,613
137.340
77,327
81,051
26,709 27,248
296,662
188,526
Increase.
55,236
53,259
108,036
Duerense.
539