INTERNATIONAL,
CORRESPONDENCE..
Despatched.
Received.
Despatched.
DESCRIPTION
OF
(C.)--APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1880. Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.
COMPARISON WITH 1879.
Increase. Decrease.
LOCAL.
TOTAL.
Received.
Total in 1879.
Ordinary paid Letters...
327,000
329,000
58,000
71,000
785,000
642,000
143,000
Unpaid and short paid Letters,
5,000
14,000
1,500
7,000
27,500
14,400
13,100
Letters on Postal business.
900
800
1,200
900
3,800
3,146
654
Post Cards...
1,000
1,200
1,200
1,000
4,400
6,110
1,710
Do. with prepaid reply,
Newspapers and Periodicals,
156,000
291,000
40,000
8,000
495,000
227,000
268,000
Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c.,
192,000
187,000
24,000
12,000
415,000
370,000
45,000
Patterns.
8,000
10,000
1,000
600
19,600
6,450
13,150
Commercial Papers,
500
800
+
1,300
570
730
Registered Letters,
14,000
15,000
2,200
1,400
32,600
19,019
13,581
Letters with value declared,
Registered Letters with Return Receipt,
70
550
80
80
780
1,139
359
Parcels,
200
480
50
40
770
210
560
Do. with value declared,
Number of Money Orders,
2,469
353
152
277
3,244
3,749
Amount of Do.,
fr. 254,278
fr. 45,581
fr. 14,347
fr. 23,685
fr. 337,691
fr. 398,895
fr. 61,204
(D.)--MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
In Sterling.
Hongkong on London,
Shanghai
Hongkong or Shanghai on Queensland,
on New South Wales,
on South Australia,
No. of Orders.
Amount.
Colonial Commission.
Total Commission.
£ s. d.
c.
C.
1,597
6,787.17.1
253.71
825
3,152.12.0
122.00
31.12.0
2.25
194.10.5*
11.00
4.10.4*
0.75
on Western Australia,
Total Outward Orders in Sterling,..............
2,462
10,171. 2.7
390.61
390.61
London on Hongkong,
122
512. 5. 7
27.20
on Shanghai,
Queensland on Hongkong or Shanghai.
51
140.15. 0
7.70.
New South Wales on
137
840.10. 0
47.55
South Australia on
47
0. 0
2.51
Western Australia on
1. 0. 0
Total Inward Orders in Sterling,
353
1,810 4 6
84.96
84.96
In Dollars.
$ c.
$ c.
Hongkong on Shanghai,
on Japan,
*
or Shanghai on Straits Settlements,
292
51
981.76
18.25
45
744.79
12.20
56
1,142.08
18.00
Total Outward Orders in Dollars,
152
2,869.43
43.45
43.45
Shanghai on Hongkong,...
120
2,164.56
35.75
Japan on
71
1,124.54
Straits Settlements on Hongkong,.....
86
1,447.99
Total Inward Orders in Dollars,
277
4,737.09
35.75
TOTAL COMMISSION,.
554.77
* Hongkong gives the paying Colony 1 per cent commission on these amounts.
† Hongkong received 1 per cent commission on these amounts.
INTERNATIONAL,
CORRESPONDENCE..
De- spatched.
Received.
De- spatched.
DESCRIPTION
OF
(C.)-APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1880. Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.
COMPARISON WITH 1879.
:
Increase. Decrease.
LOCAL.
TOTAL.
Received.
Total in 1879.
Ordinary paid Letters...
327,000
329,000
58,000
71.000
785,000
642,000
143,000
Unpaid and short paid Lecters,
5,000
14,000
1,500
7,000
27,500
14,400
13,100
Letters on Postal business.
900
800
1,200
900
3,800
3,146
654
Post Cards...
1,000
1,200
1,200
1,000
4,400
6,110
1,710
Do. with prepaid reply,
Newspapers and Periodicals,
156,000
291,000
40,000
8,000
49.5,000 227,000 268,000
Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c.,
192,000
187,000
24,000
12,000
415,000
370,000
$5,000
Patterns.
8,000
10,000
1,000
600
19,600
6.450
-13,150
Commercial Papers,
500
800
+
1,300
570
730
Registered Letters,
14,000
1.5,000
2,200
1,400
32,600
19,019
13,581
Letters with value declared,
Registered Letters with Return Receipt,.
70
550
80
80
780
1,139
359
Parcels,
200
480
50
40
770
210
560
Do. with value declared,
Number of Money Orders,
2,469
353
152
277
3,244
3,749
Amount of Do.,
fr. 254,278
fr. 45,581
fr. 14,347
fr. 23,685 | fr. 337,691 fr. 398,895
505
fr. 61;204
F
(D.)--MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
In Sterling.
Hongkong on London,
Shanghai
Hongkong or Shanghai on Queensland,
ני
on New South Wales,
г
on South Australia,
No. of Orders.
Amount.
Colonial Cora- mission.
Total
Com-
missiou.
;,
£ s. d.
3 c.
C.
1.597
6,787.17.1
253.71
825
3,152.12.0
122.00
31.12.0
2.25
194.10.5*
11.00
4.10.4*
0.75
on Western Australia,
Total Outward Orders in Sterling,..............
2,462
10,171. 2.7
390.61
390.61
London on Hongkong,
122
512. 5. 7
27.20
י
on Shanghai,
Queeslaad on Hongkong or Shanghai.
51
140.15. 0
7.70.
41
264.18.11
New South Wales on
1:37
840.10. Of
47.55
South Australia on
47. 0. Ot
2.51
"
Western Australia on
1. 0. 0
"
Total Inward Orders in Sterling,
353
1,810 4 6
84.96
84.96
In Dollars.
$ c.
$ c.
Hongkong on Shanghai,
J
on Japun,
*
or Shanghai on Straits Settlements,
292
51
981.76
18.25
45
744.79
12.20
56
1,142.08
.18.00
Toral Outward Orders in Dollars,
152
2,869.43
43.45
!
43.45
Shanghai on Hongkong,...
Japan on
Straits Settlements on Hongkong,.....
Total Inward Orders in Dollars,
TOTAL COMMISSION,.
120
2,164.56
35.75
71
1,124,54
86
1,447.99
277
4,737.09
35.75
35.75
554.77
* Hongkong gives the paying Colony 1 per cent commission on these amounts.
† Hongkong received 1 per cent commission on these amounts.
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