APPENDIX Q.
REPORT ON THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
1. Mr. G. G. Burnett, Senior Clerk, returned to duty from leave on October 21st. Amongst the staff of clerks there were three resignations, two dismissals and one case of invaliding, and six new appointments.
MAILS.
2. The number of mail bags and packets dealt with in the General Post Office, Hongkong, amounted to 223,076, an increase of 13,967 or over 6.3 per cent., compared to an increase of 4,820 in 1909. This increase of 6 per cent. represents increased business due to normal annual increase, and in particular, more mails being closed for the Siberian route to Europe. The number of bags and packets sent in transit through the Post Office amounted to 63,820, an increase of 23,494 or 58 per cent., while the number of parcel receptacles rose from 432 to 3,482. The large additional amount of transit mail dealt with was largely due to mails between the United States and Manila, and the increase in the number of parcel receptacles was owing to the large number of parcel mails sent by the Chinese Imperial Post Office. Further details are given in Table I.
REGISTRATION AND PARCEL BRANCH.
3. Registered articles and parcels handled in Hongkong amounted to 1,001,810 compared with 952,988, an increase of 48,822 compared with the previous year. The increase in registered articles dealt with was chiefly on account of correspondence to and from the American Continent and correspondence forwarded by the Siberian route. The registered articles from America are mostly for Chinese, the increase in the number of these points to increased trade and business. As regards those sent by the Siberian route, the increase is owing to this route being opened up, and to the more careful treatment of correspondence intended for conveyance thereby.
The registered mails received from the American Continent by the Canadian Pacific Mail Packets are the largest received at Hongkong. The number of registered letters amounts sometimes to well over 7,000, and when it is considered that about 98 per cent. of these letters are for Chinese and contain drafts averaging over $200 in value a letter, an idea can be gathered of the amount of money transmitted by the Chinese in America to their native country.
Further details are given in Table II.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
4. A statement of Revenue and Expenditure is given in Table III. Revenue amounted to $519,066.54, being an increase of
APPENDIX Q.
REPORT ON THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
1. Mr. G. G. Burnett, Senior Clerk, returned to duty from leave on October 21st. Amongst the staff of clerks there were three resigna- tions, two dismissals and one case of invaliding, and six new appointments.
MAILS.
2. The number of mail bags and packets dealt with in the General Post Office, Hongkong, amounted to 223,076 an increase of 13,967 or over 63 per cent., compared to an increase of 4,820 in 1909. This increase of 6 per cent. represents increased business due to normal annual increase, and in particular, more mails being closed for the Siberian route to Europe. The number of bags and packets sent in transit through the Post Office amounted to 63,820 an in- crease of 23,494 or 58 per cent., while the number of parcel re- ceptacles rose from 432 to 3,482. The large additional amount of transit mail dealt with was largely due to mails between the United States and Manila, and the increase in the number of parcel re- ceptacles was owing to the large number of parcel mails sent by the Chinese Imperial Post Office. Further details are given in Table I.
REGISTRATION AND PARCEL BRANCHI.
3. Registered articles and parcels handled in Hongkong amounted to 1,001,810 compared with 952,988 an increase of 48,822 compared with the previous year. The increase in registered articles dealt with was chiefly on account of correspondence to and from the American Continent and correspondence forwarded by the Siberian route. The registered articles from America are mostly for Chinese, the increase in the number of these points to increased trade and business. As regards those sent by the Siberian route, the increase is owing to this route being opened up, and to the more careful treatment of correspondence intended for conveyance thereby.
The registered mails received from the American Continent by the Canadian Pacific Mail Packets are the largest received at Hong- kong. The number of registered letters amounts sometimes to well over 7,000, and when it is considered that about 98 per cent. of these letters are for Chinese and contain drafts averaging over $200 in value a letter, an idea can be gathered of the amount of money trans- mitted by the Chinese in America to their native country.
Further details are given in Table II.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
4. A statement of Revenue and Expenditure is given in Table III. Revenue amounted to $519,066.54 being an increase of
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