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An increase of £408. 10s. took place in the sale of Imperial Postal Orders. It was noticed that greater quantities of British Currency £1 bank notes were presented at the counters for exchange and it would appear that this method of remitting to the Colony from Chinese in the United Kingdom accounts for a decrease of £4,000, 0s. 0d. in the payment of Postal Orders last year, as there is a saving of 1d. poundage on each 20/- where a currency note is used instead of the Postal Order.
The high premium ruling at Shanghai and other Treaty Ports in China precluded the increased issue here of Local Postal Notes which declined from $40,452.25 in 1918 to $34,901.00 in 1919.
Full details appear in Table VIII, IX, and X.
6.-CHINESE CORRESPONDENCE.
Chinese Delivery Section, General Post Office.
During the year this section handled 2,066,899 ordinary letters, 93,097 other articles, and 6,940 postal hong packets as against 1,665,540 ordinary letters, 100,407 other articles, and 7,055 postal hong packets in 1918.
The registered articles delivered amounted to 269,198 of which 163,826 were from the United States and Canada, and 105,372 from China and other countries, shewing an increase of 10,976 as compared with 228,222 in 1918.
2,743 insured letters were dealt with as against 2,400 in 1918.
The total number of Chinese private boxes for which licences were issued during the year was 297, a decrease of 14 as compared with 311 in 1918.
The licences of 22 Chinese Hongs were renewed, the same number as in 1918.
7.-TELEGRAPH SUB-DEPARTMENT.
The revenue collected during the year from radio-telegrams amounted to $10,350.03, a decrease of $13,661.22 on the amount collected in 1918. The decrease is due to the French Government ceasing to use the Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Station for the transmission of press telegrams to Indo-China. Advices of vessels signalled at the lighthouses yielded $470.40 and semaphore messages $15.40, making a total of $10,835.83. Expenditure amounted to $34,150.81.
The telegraphic service was worked at a loss of $23,314.98.
Details are given in Tables XI and XII.
The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 1,118 consisting of 15,577 words as against 1,117 with 108,330 words in 1918, and 2,825 were received consisting of 38,191 words as against 1,475 with 19,243 words in 1913.
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An increase of £408. 10s. (id, took place in the sale of Imperial Postal Orders. It was noticed that greater quantities of British Currency £1 bank notes were presented at the counters for exchange and it would appear that this method of remitting to the Colony from Chinese in the United Kingdom accounts for a decrease of £4,000, Os. Od. in the payment of Postal Orders last year, as there is a saving of 1d. poundage on each 20/- where a currency note is used instead of the Postal Order.
The high premium ruling at Shanghai and other Treaty Ports in China precluded the increased issue here of Local Postal Notes which declined from $40,452.25 in 1918 to $34,901:00 in 1919.
Full details appear in Table VIII, IX, and X.
6.-CHINESE CORRESPONDENCE.
Chinese Delivery Section, General Post Office.
During the year this section handled 2,066,899 ordinary letters, 93,097 other articles, and 6,940 postal hong packets as against 1,665,540 ordinary letters, 100,407 other articles, and 7,055 postal hong packets in 1918.
The registered articles delivered amounted to 269,198 of which 163,826 were from the United States and Canada, and 105,372 from China and other countries, shewing an increase of 10,976 as com- pared with 228,222 in 1918.
2,743 insured letters were dealt with as against 2,400 in 1918.
The total number of Chinese private boxes for which licences were issued during the year was 297 a decrease of 14 as compared with 311 in 1918.
The licences of 22 Chinese Hougs were renewed, the same number as in 1918.
7.-TELEGRAPIL SUB-DEPARTMENT.
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The revenue collected during the year from radio-telegramis amounted to $10,350,03, a decrease of $13,66122 on the amount collected in 1918. The decrease is due to the French Government ceasing to use the Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Station for the trans- mission of press telegrams to Indo-China. Advices of vessels signalled at the lighthouses yielded $470.40 and semaphore mes- sages $15.40, making a total of $10,835.83. Expenditure amounted to $34,150.81.
The telegraphic service was worked at a loss of $23,314.98.
Details are given in Tables XI and XII.
The number of radio-telegrains forwarded during the year was 1,118 consisting of 15,577 words as against 1,117 with 108,330 words in 1918, and 2,825 were received consisting of 38,191 words as against 1,475 with 19,243 words in 1913.
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