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cable, thence to San Francisco Two cables to Shanghai, belonging respectively to the Eastern Extension and to the Great Northern (Danish) Companies, via Foochow and Amoy respectively, give a good connection with Shanghai, North China, Japan and Russia; the system of the Great Northern Telegraph Company gives a good service to Europe via Asiatic Russia.
4. The Government operates commercial radio services with direct communication to the Chinese stations Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Canton, Yunnanfu, Hoihow, and to Formosa, French Indo-China, Siam, Philippines, Dutch East Indies, British North Borneo and via Manila to Europe, America, etc.
5. The revenue collected by the Radio Office during the year from radio telegrams amounted to $639,464, a decrease of $3,754 on the amount collected in 1933. Advices of vessels signalled at the Lighthouses yielded $1,459. The total Revenue from the telegraph service amounted to $640,923. Ship Station Licences yielded $1,544, Amateur Transmission Station Licences $298, Broadcast Receiving Licences $37,262, Dealers' Licences $2,371 and Examination Fee for Operators' Certificates of Proficiency $6.
6. The number of paid radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 184,466 consisting of 1,730,084 words against 191,586 consisting of 1,518,215 words in 1933 and 212,072 were received, consisting of 2,401,601 words against 207,339 consisting of 1,757,629 words.
7. In addition to the paid traffic figures given above the wireless Service is responsible for the reception of time signals daily from Bordeaux, Rugby, Malabar and Nauen, for the transmission of time signals to ships in the China Sea, the reception of press messages amounting to 400 messages or 246,930 words from Rugby, the collection and distribution of meteorological traffic, 8,124 messages 355,538 words having been forwarded, and 19,908 messages 318,969 words having been received, the reception and dissemination of distress, piracy and navigation messages, the transmission and reception of Government messages, etc.
8. A telephone service between Hong Kong and Canton, a distance of 110 miles is in operation.
9. Mails. The number of mail receptacles of Hong Kong origin despatched during the year was 44,067 as compared with 46,650 in 1933—a decrease of 2,583, the number received was 44,951 as compared with 49,449—a decrease of 4,498.
10. Receptacles in transit, including those to and from British and Foreign Men-of-War, numbered 206,869 as against 222,489 in 1933 a decrease of 15,620.
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cable, thence to San Francisco Two cables to Shanghai, belong- ing respectively to the Eastern Extension and to the Great Northern (Danish) Companies, via Foochow and Amoy respective- ly, give a good connection with Shanghai, North China, Japan and Russia; the system of the Great Northern Telegraph Com- pany gives a good service to Europe vin Asiatic Russia.
4. The Government operates commercial radio services with direct communication to the Chinese stations Shanghai, Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, Canton, Yunnanfu, Hoihow, and to Formosa, French Indo-China, Siam, Phillippines, Dutch East Indies, British North Borneo and via Manila to Europe, America, etc.
5. The revenue collected by the Radio Office during the year from radio telegrams amounted to $639,464, a decrease of $3,754 on the amount collected in 1933. Advices of vessels signalled at the Lighthouses yielded $1,459. The total Revenue from the telegraph service amounted to $640,923. Ship Station Licences yielded $1,544, Amateur Transmission Station Licences $298, Broadcast Receiving Licences $37,262, Dealers' Licences $2,371 and Examination Fee for Operators' Certificates of Proficiency $6.
6. The number of paid radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 184,466 consisting of 1,730,084 words against 191,586 consisting of 1,518,215 words in 1933 and 212,072 were received, consisting of 2,401,601 words against 207,339 consisting of 1,757,629 words.
7. In addition to the paid traffic figures given above the wireless Service is responsible for the reception of time signals daily from Bordeaux, Rugby, Malabar and Nauen, for the trans- mission of time signals to ships in the China Sea, the reception of press messages amounting to 400 messages or 246,930 words from Rugby, the collection and distribution of meteorological traffic, 8,124. messages 355,538 words having been forwarded, and 19,908 messages 318,969 words having been received, the reception and dissemination of distress, piracy and navigation messages, the transmission and reception of Government mess- ages, etc.
8. A telephone service between Hong Kong and Canton, a distance of 110 miles is in operation.
9. Mails. The number of mail receptacles of Hong Kong origin despatched during the year was 44,067 as compared with 46,650 in 1933-a decrease of 2,583, the number received was 44,951 as compared with 49,449-a decrease of 4,498.
10. Receptacles in transit, including those to and from British and Foreign Men-of-War, numbered 206,869 as against 222,489 in 1933 a decrease of 15,620.
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