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different denominations issued for sale during the years 1908 and 1909. Table VI shows a statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the last ten years. Table VII shows the amounts payable yearly by and to Hongkong for the years 1908 to 1913, inclusive, for the transit of mails, based on the statistics taken during the first twenty-eight days of November, 1907, in accordance with the provisions of the Universal Postal Union Convention of Rome. Table VIII shows the amounts payable yearly by Hongkong, for the period from the first of October, 1907, to the 31st December, 1909, for transit of mails sent from the British Post Offices in North China by the trans-Siberian Railway, based on the statistics taken during the first twenty-eight days of May, 1908.
MONEY ORDERS.
7. The slump in money order transactions during 1908, aggregating about £16,000 less than during 1907, was arrested in 1909 in which year business began to recover its vitality resulting in an increase of £6,000 over that of 1908. The sale of British and Local Postal Orders also increased by £4,000 and $5,000 respectively, but the payment of British Postal Orders showed a small diminution of £500.
Further details are given in Tables IX, X and XI.
DEAD LETTERS.
8. The total number of articles dealt with in the Dead Letter Office at Hongkong was 102,950, made up as follows:- Returned to Hongkong from other offices 48,649 and returned by Hongkong to offices from which they originated 54,301. This is an increase of 3,709 on the total of last year. Of the letters returned to, and originating from Hongkong, it was possible to return to the senders 12,991. There were undeliverable by the General Post Office and the two Branch Post Offices:- Foreign letters, etc., 26,338, Lottery Letters, etc., 13,189 and Local Letters, etc., 4,155. The first and second of these are included in the total of those returned by Hongkong to offices of origin, and of the last mentioned it was possible to return to the senders 3,107.
9. There were 59 unregistered letters in which were found articles of value:-(viz., silver spoons, leather pocket books, brooch, silver hat-pins, silver chains, purses, &c., &c.) and money (consisting of drafts, bank notes, money orders, postal notes, postage stamps, and coin) to the value of £28.16.3. These, when possible, were subjected to registration and returned to the senders. Two hundred and eighteen Chinese letters were found to contain coin (mostly Cash), but with the exception of 63 which contained the senders' names and addresses, and which were compulsorily registered for return to the senders, the remainder were destroyed and the contents converted into Hongkong money and paid into Revenue. Two hundred and forty-five post cards bearing imitation of postage stamps and addressed to the United Kingdom were withdrawn from the mails, the regulations of that country prohibiting their being forwarded. There were 27 post cards posted either with no address whatever or so vague and incomplete that they could not be forwarded. Further details are given in Table XII.
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different denominations issued for sale during the years 1908 and 1909. Table VI shows a statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the last ten years. Table VII shows the amounts payable yearly by and to Hongkong for the years 1908 to 1913, inclusive, for the tran- sit of mails, based on the statistics taken during the first twenty- eight days of November, 1907, in accordance with the provisions of the Universal Postal Union Convention of Rome. Table VIII shows the amounts payable yearly by Hongkong, for the period from the first of October, 190%, to the 31st December, 1909, for transit of mails sent from the British Post Offices in North China by the trans-Siberian Railway, based on the statistics taken during the first twenty-eight days of May, 1908.
MONEY ORDERS.
7. The slump in money order transactions during 1908, aggre- gating about £16,000 less than during 1907, was arrested in 1909 in which year business began to recover its vitality resulting in an increase of £6,000 over that of 1908. The sale of British and Local Postal Orders also increased by £4,000 and $5,000 respectively, but the payment of British Postal Orders showed a small diminuition of £500.
Further details are given in Tables IX, X and XI.
DEAD LETTERS.
8. The total number of articles dealt with in the Dead Letter Office at Hongkong was 102,950, made up as follows :-Returned to Hongkong from other offices 48,649 and returned by Hongkong to offices from which they originated 54,301. This is an increase of 3,709 on the total of last year. Of the letters returned to, and originating from Hongkong, it was possible to return to the senders 12,991. There were undeliverable by the General Post Office and the two Branch Post Offices:-Foreign letters, etc., 26,338, Lottery Letters, etc., 13,189 and Local Letters, etc., 4,155. The first and second of these are included in the total of those returned by Hongkong to offices of origin, and of the last mentioned it was possible to return to the senders 3,107.
9. There were 59 unregistered letters in which were found articles of value :-(riz., silver spoons, leather pocket books, brooch, silver hat-pins, silver chains, purses, &c., &c.) and money (consisting of drafts, hank notes, money orders, postal notes, postage stamps, and coin) to the value of £28.16.3. These, when possible, were subjected to registration and returned to the senders. Two hundred and eighteen Chinese letters were found to contain coin (mostly Cash), but with the exception of 63 which contained the senders' names and ad- dresses, and which were compulsorily registered for return to the senders, the remainder were destroyed and the contents converted into Hongkong money and paid into Revenue. Two hundred and for- ty-five post cards bearing imitation of postage stamps and addressed. to the United Kingdom were withdrawn from the mails, the regula- tions of that country prohibiting their being forwarded. There were 27 post cards posted either with no address whatever or so vague and incomplete that they could not be forwarded. Further details are given in Table XII.
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