Appendix R.
REPORT ON THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, FOR THE YEAR 1922.
1.-STAFF.
Mr. F. H. Holdman was appointed Supervisor on 1st February. During the year changes amongst the clerical staff of the Postal Branch were one clerk, J. Santos, invalided from the Service, eleven resignations, three dismissals and two discharges.
No Assistant Postmaster was appointed, though such an Officer will soon be urgently needed.
Radio-Telegraph Branch.
The changes amongst the staff of the Radio Telegraph Branch were one Landline Telegraphist and one Wireless Apprentice transferred to the Royal Observatory. One Wireless Apprentice was transferred from the Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph Station to the General Post Office Station to replace the Landline Telegraphist. There are at present no Wireless Apprentices at the wireless station.
2.-MAILS.
The number of mail bags and packets despatched from Hongkong during the year amounted to 175,402 as against 174,669 in 1921, an increase of 733; the number received was 183,839 as against 174,179, an increase of 9,660.
The number of mail bags and packets sent in transit through the Colony amounted to 128,149 as against 108,509 in 1921, an increase of 19,640.
Boxes and baskets in transit amounted to 8,320 as against 18,978, a decrease of 10,658.
4,597 steamers carrying mails arrived and 6,364 left in 1922 as against 5,334 and 7,774 respectively in 1921.
Full details appear in Table I.
3.-REGISTRATION AND PARCELS.
Registered and insured articles handled by the General Post Office amounted to 1,054,448 as against 1,089,032 in 1921, a decrease of 34,584.
Full details appear in Table II.
Appendix R.
REPORT ON THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG. FOR THE YEAR 1922.
1.-STAFF.
Mr. F. H. Holdman was appointed Supervisor on 1st February. During the year changes amongst the clerical staff of the Postal Branch were one clerk, J. Santos, invalided from the Service, eleven resignations, three dismissals and two discharges,
No Assistant Postmaster was appointed, though such an Officer will soon be urgently needed,
Radio-Telegraph Branch.
The changes amongst the staff of the Radio Telegraph Branch were one Landline Telegraphist and one Wireless Apprentice trans- ferred to the Royal Observatory. One Wireless Apprentice was transferred from the Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph Station to the General Post Office Station to replace the Landline Telegraphist. There are at present no Wireless Apprentices at the wireless station.
2.-MAILS.
The number of mail bags and packets despatched from Hong- kong during the year amounted to 175,402 as against 174,669 in 1921, an increase of 733, the number received was 183,839 as against 174,179, an increase of 9,660.
The number of mail bags and packets sent in transit through the Colony amounted to 128,149 as against 108,509 in 1921, an increase of 19,640.
Boxes and baskets in transit amounted to 8,320 as against 18,978, a decrease of 10,658.
4,597 steamers carrying mails arrived and 6,364 left in 1922 as against 5,334 and 7,774 respectively in 1921.
Full details appear in Table I.
3.-REGISTRATION AND PARCELS.
Registered and insured articles handled by the General Post Office amounted to 1,054,448 as against 1,089,032 in 1921, a decrease of 34,584.
Full details appear in Table II.
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