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money through the Posts contrary to regulations will realise not only that they lose their money—that is a small matter—but also that they tempt postmen and house-boys to sin and cause the loss of large numbers of other letters.
When letters containing money are posted and stolen, other letters if bulky are also stolen in the hope that they also may have been posted contrary to regulations and may contain money. These innocent people sending photographs to their friends have to suffer.
A certain number of mail bags were unfortunately lost during the year; they were as follows:-
Six bags for Chefoo and Wei Hai Wei dispatched from Hongkong on 23rd November were lost in the wreck of the s.s. "Koonshing."
Five bags of mails for Hongkong dispatched from Lungchow between 1st and 5th May were stolen by highway robbers in Kwangsi and 2 bags for Hongkong dispatched from Nanning on 26th August were stolen by pirates on the West River.
No bag or registered letter was however lost while in the custody of the Hongkong Posts.
There were three prosecutions during the year.
1. Postal Clerk Kan Chun-kong was charged on 9th March, 1922, with removing postage stamps from correspondence. He was allowed out on bail of $50 and later failed to appear. His bail was estreated.
2. Chan Chenk-sang, Master of the Cheuk Kee Postal Hong, was charged on 3rd September, 1922, with having in his possession certain forged dies with intent to defraud. He pleaded guilty and on 20th September, 1922, was sentenced to 4 months hard labour.
3. Postman No. 18, Chan Kwai, was charged on 27th October, 1922, with (1) Larceny of 63 letters (2) Failing to deliver 63 letters. He was found guilty and was sentenced to 6 weeks hard labour on the 1st charge and to 2 weeks hard labour on the 2nd charge.
What may be described as the extra-postal correspondence of the Post Office has enormously increased.
First and foremost there is the large army of stamp collectors. I do not of course refer to dealers who send cheques and drafts for their fancies, but to the numberless private persons who are interested in this hobby. The small boys and girls scattered all over the world, who wish me "or some other small boy or girl" to send them Chinese Stamps. For some reason I am supposed to be a perfect mine of Chinese Stamps. Then judging from the number of letters received, the whole surviving male population of what
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money through the Posts contrary to regulations will realise not only that they lose their money-that is a small matter-but also that they tempt postmen and house-boys to sin and cause the loss of large numbers of other letters.
When letters containing money are posted and stolen, other letters if bulky are also stolen in the hope that they also may have been posted contrary to regulations and may contain money. These innocent people sending photographs to their friends have to suffer.
A certain number of mail bags were unfortunately lost during the year; they were as follows:-
Six bags for Chefoo and Wei Hai Wei dispatched from Hongkong on 23rd November were lost in the wreck of the s.s. "Koonshing."
Five bags of mails for Hongkong dispatched from Lungchow between 1st and 5th May were stolen by highway robbers in Kwangsi and 2 bags for Hongkong dispatched from Nanning on 26th August were stolen by pirates on the West River.
No bag or registered letter was however lost while in the eustody of the Hongkong Posts.
There were three prosecutions during the year.
1. Postal Clerk Kan Chun-kong was charged on 9th March, 1922, with removing postage stamps from correspondence. He was allowed out on bail of $50 and later failed to appear. His bail was estreated.
2. Chan Chenk-sang, Master of the Cheuk Kee Postal Hong, was charged on 3rd September, 1922, with having in his possession certain forged dies with intent to defraud. He pleaded guilty and on 20th September, 1922, was sentenced to 4 months hard labour.
3. Postman No. 18, Chan Kwai, was charged on 27th October, 1922, with (1) Larceny of 63 letters (2) Failing to deliver 63 letters. He was found guilty and was sentenced to 6 weeks hard labour on the 1st charge and to 2 weeks hard labour on the 2nd charge.
What may be described as the extra-postal correspondence of the Post Office has enormously increased.
First and foremost there is the large army of stamp collectors. I do not of course refer to dealers who send cheques and drafts for their fancies, but to the numberless private persons who are in- terested in this hobby. The small boys and girls scattered all over the world, who wish me "or some other small boy or girl" to send them Chinese Stamps. For some reason I am supposed to be a perfect mine of Chinese Stamps. Then judging from the number of letters received, the whole surviving male population of what
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