3.----REGISTRATION AND PARCELS.
Registered and insured articles handled by the General Post Office amounted to 765,678 as against 735,767 in 1916, an increase of 29,911.
Registered articles via Siberia amounted to 32,012 as compared with 55,419, a decrease of 23,407.
Full details appear in Table II.
Parcels, ordinary and insured, handled by the General Post Office amounted to 135,163 as compared with 119,586, an increase of 15,577.
Full details appear in Table III.
4.-REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
Table IV contains a statement of Postal Revenue and Expenditure for the year.
The total revenue from the Postal Service in 1917 amounted to $403,869.87 being $2,127.54 more than that collected in 1916. The expenditure amounted to $259,214.83 being less than that of 1916 by $48,921.50 due to the high rate of exchange prevailing during the year under review. The balance of revenue over expenditure amounted to $144,655.04.
Table V shows the postage stamps, etc., of each denomination issued for sale during the years 1916 and 1917.
Table VI shows the revenue and expenditure of the Post Office (exclusive of the Telegraph Sub-Department) for the 10 years 1908 to 1917.
Table VII gives the revenue from the sale of Postage Stamps for the years 1915, 1916, and 1917. The increase of revenue from this source in the year 1917 over that of the year 1916 amounted to $1,598.43.
5.-MONEY Orders.
The anticipations of a continued expansion in postal remittances, based on the satisfactory revival in 1916, were not realised in 1917. The large decrease of £14,936 in orders drawn on India is accounted for by the restrictions imposed upon remitters by the Indian Post Office. In 1916 there was no limit to the amount which might be sent by any one remitter but in 1917 no remitter could send more than 600 rupees in any one day. At the request of India this restriction has been made more stringent and not more than 600 rupees per week can be sent by any one remitter.
The increase in inward orders has however balanced the decrease in outward orders and the year's volume of business is only £101 less than it was in 1916.
The continuous rise in exchange was a great hardship to Chinese in the United Kingdom and the reduced number of dollars
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3.----REGISTRATION AND PARCELS.
Registered and insured articles handled by the General Post Office amounted to 765,678 as against 735,767 in 1916, an increase of 29,911.
Registered articles via Siberia amounted to 32,012 as compared with 55,419, a decrease of 23,407.
Full details appear in Table II.
Parcels, ordinary and insured, handled by the General Post Office amounted to 135,163 as compared with 119,586, an increase of 15,577.
Full details appear in Table III.
4.-REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
Table IV contains a statement of Postal Revenue and Expendi- ture for the year.
The total revenue from the Postal Service in 1917 amounted to $403,869.87 being $2,127.54 more than that collected in 1916. The expenditure amounted to $259,214.83 being less than that of 1916 by $48,921.50 due to the high rate of exchange prevailing during the year under review. The balance of revenue over expenditure amounted to $144,655.04.
Table V shows the postage stamps, etc., of each denomination issued for sale during the years 1916 and 1917.
Table VI shows the revenue and expenditure of the Post Office (exclusive of the Telegraph Sub-Department) for the 10 years 1908 to 1917.
Table VII gives the revenue from the sale of Postage Stamps for the years 1915, 1916, and 1917. The increase of revenue from this source in the year 1917 over that of the year 1916 amounted to $1,598.43.
5.-MONEY Orders,
The anticipations of a continued expansion in postal remittances, based on the satisfactory revival in 1916, were not realised in 1917. The large decrease of £14,936 in orders drawn on India is accounted for by the restrictions imposed upou remitters by the Indian Post Office. In 1916 there was no limit to the amount which might be sent by any one remitter but in 1917 no remitter could send more than 600 rupees in any one day. At the request of India this restriction has been made more stringent and not more than 600 rupees per week can be sent by any one remitter.
The increase in inward orders has however balanced the decrease in outward orders and the year's volume of business is only £101 less than it was in 1916.
The continuous rise in exchange was a great hardship to Chinese in the United Kingdom and the reduced number of dollars
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