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The revenue collected amounted to $8,123.11 of which $4,317.01 was derived from the sale of postage stamps and $3,806.10 from the sale of revenue stamps on behalf of the Treasury.
12.—TELEGRAPH SUB-DEPARTMENT,
Table XI contains a statement of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Telegraph Sub-Department for the year. The revenue amounted to $9,188.49, of which $8,695.04 was in respect of radio telegrams. The expenditure, which amounted to $10,846.21, includes work done and stores supplied to D'Aguilar Station by the Naval Authorities during the period from 1st July, 1915, to 30th September, 1916, but does not include the personal emoluments of the Wireless Operators at the D'Aguilar Station, the claims in respect of which are being settled this year.
Table XII contains a statement of the Radio Telegraph Traffic for the year, which is the first full working year.
13.—MISCELLANEOUS.
In spite of the war which continued throughout the year, postal business showed signs of marked improvement. The large increase in the sale of stamps was due in great measure to a large increase in the parcel post business arising out of the war.
The mail service was somewhat irregular, the chief cause being the submarine warfare which has increased in violence as the year progressed. Considering the prevailing conditions, only comparatively few mails were lost. Four mails from London to Hongkong, three via Siberia despatched on the 26th and 28th July and the 16th November respectively and one via Suez (including parcels) despatched on 26th February; and two mails Hongkong to London via Suez—(i) of 6th November (including parcels) and (ii) 18th December—have been lost.
The new Parcel Agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia came into force on the 1st January.
An agreement was concluded with Russia for the exchange of Parcel Mails via Shanghai and Vladivostock. The service commenced on the 1st September but was almost immediately suspended owing to the congestion of traffic on the Siberian Railway.
An agreement was entered into in April with the Indo-China administration for the exchange of radio telegrams addressed to Hongkong and places in Indo-China through the intermediary of the Wireless Stations of D'Aguilar, Kwong Tcheo Wan and Hanoi.
E. D. C. WOLFE,
Postmaster General.
11th April, 1917.
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The revenue collected amounted to $8,123:11 of which $4,317.01 was derived from the sale of postage stamps and $3,806.10 from the sale of revenue stamps on behalf of the Treasury.
12.—TELEGRAPH SUB-DEPARTMENT,
Table XI contains a statement of the Revenue and Expendi- ture of the Telegraph Sub-Department for the year. The revenue amounted to $9,188.49, of which $8,695.04 was in respect of radio telegrams. The expenditure, which amounted to $10,846.21, in- cludes work done and stores supplied to D'Aguilar Station by the Naval Authorities during the period from 1st July, 1915, to 30th September, 1916, but does not include the personal emoluments of the Wireless Operators at the D'Aguilar Station, the claims in respect of which are being settled this year.
Table XII contains a statement of the Radio Telegraph Traffic for the year, which is the first full working year.
13.- MISCELLANEOUS.
In spite of the war which continued throughout the year postal business showed signs of marked improvement. The large increase in the sale of stamps was due in great measure to a large increase in the parcel post business arising out of the war.
The mail service was somewhat irregular, the chief cause being the submarine warfare which has increased in violence as the year progressed. Considering the prevailing conditions, only compara- tively few mails were lost. Four mails from London to Hongkong, three via Siberia despatched on the 26th and 28th July and the 16th November respectively and one via Suez (including parcels) despatched on 26th February; and two mails Hongkong to London via Suez-(i) of 6th November (including parcels) and (ii) 18th December-have been lost.
The new Parcel Agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia came into force on the 1st January.
An agreement was concluded with Russia for the exchange of Parcel Mails via Shanghai and Vladivostock. The service com- menced on the 1st September but was almost immediately suspended owing to the congestion of traffic on the Siberian Railway.
An agreement was entered into in April with the Indo-China administration for the exchange of radio telegrams addressed to Hongkong and places in Indo-China through the intermediary of the Wireless Stations of D'Aguilar, Kwong Tcheo Wan and Hanoi.
E. D. C. WOLFE,
Postmaster General.
11th April, 1917.
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