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30.
The Total weight of Letters sent from Hongkong to the United Kingdom in 1870,....was..
Do.
in 1800,....
Tons. not. qra. the.
3 8 1 18 27
3
4 3 4
0
1 1 19
Decrease,
31.
ub
The Registered Letters received from London in 1870, numbered,
Do.
in 1869, do,
do.
Excess in 1870,
32.
Tins, cut. gr. lbs.
The Total weight of Letters re- ceived from the United King- dom in 1870.........was.. 2
Do.
in 1869,
Decrease,
The Registered Letters sent to London from Hongkong in 1870, numbered,
Do.
Do.
Do.
do. do. do.
from Shanghae,.
from Yokobama,
from other Parts,
Total number of Registered Letters sent in 1880,
Excess in 1870,
33.
The number of Registered Letters sent,
Total,.
5 0
13 11
2 13 1
10
ཀབ་
0
8
I
5 14
25
47.
38. A return, inarked D., is appended of the Arrivals and Departures of the United States' Mail Packets at Hongkong, from which it will be observed that the voyage from San Francisco to Hong. kong has been performed five times in 33 days; and that the voyage to San Francisco has been accom. plished on three occasions in 32 days. The average time occupied in the voyage from San Francisco has been 344 days against 354 days in 1869.
I have the honor to be,
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The Honorable J. Gardiner AuSTIN,
1,517
Colonial Secretary,
718
fo.,
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459
117
2,811
2,340
471
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
The number of Registered Letters received,
to India, during 1870,.
to Galle,
to Australia,
..WAS..
449
from India, during 1870,
...RA..
863
28
from Galle,
要
1,011
138
from Australia,
225
"
to the Straits,
to the Continent of Europe,
87
37
from the Straits, .
875
A
BETURN skewing the Number of Days allowed for the conveyance of Ma1Ls from London to Hongkong cid Southampton and viâ Marseilles, the Time each voyage occupied, and the Number of Days lost or gained, during the Your 1870.
123
from the Continent of Europe,
"
**
240
to the Ports in China and Japan,
114
from the Ports in China and Japan,
194
Vil Southampton.
Via Marseilles.
Total,..
£37
Total,..
In 1809,
647
1. 1809,
Excess in 1870,
290
Excess in 1870,
3,10% 2,315
883
t
Date of Departure.
172
Time allowed Number| Number Number of days of days of days Time Table occupied. gained. | lost.
Date of Departure.
in
Time allowed Number Number | Number
of days of days { of days
Lunt.
Time Table occupied. gained.
35. I annex a List of the number and value of each kind of Postage Stamps sold in 1870, and 1869, showing the increase or decrease, as the case may be, under each head, viz. :—
• 34. The amount realized by the sale of Postage Stamps in 1870, was $144,131.48, of which ¦ ¦ Stamps of the value of $85,258.12 were sold in Hongkong, and the remainder, viz.: $58,873.36, at | the Post Office Agencies at the Ports, shewing an Increase of $8,427.24 in those sold in Hongkong, February and a Decrease of $20,081.28 in those sold at the Ports, as compared with 1869.
March
1870. January
51 days
April
#
POSTAGE STAMPS SOLD IN 1870,
Postage STAMPS BOLD IN 1860.
1xCREASS.
DICRRAIL
Denomination,
Number.
A mount.
Number.
Amount.
Number.
Amount.
Number.
1 Raunt.
B
$ c.
2 cents
261,179
20
155,097
5,129.58 6,217.08
244,941
4,800.82
16,298
314.70
144,381
5.395.28
7,545
391.80
117,300
7,020.00!
147,852
8,100.92
3
30,672
1,840.32
Angust
253,228
20,258.34
244,305
19,544 40
6,995
715.84
19
00,004
7,270.03
70,9:07
8,495.84
9,633
1,155.00
1,640
1,455.30
#,004
1,548.79
September
114,846
27,405,04
116,372
17.979.18 J
*
1,820
368.34
106,243
51,479.90
130,747
39,294.10
rober
#
*
27,801 94,713
15,307.08 93,794.48
$144,131,48
$5,630 29,473
17,106.99!
7,745
3,717.
26,194.08
4,780
4,500.0
$155,285.39
1,346.88
$13,000,0
ovember
12
13
1
36. The Correspondence on Official business sent from this Department to private individuals and firins, to the Postal Agents at the Ports and to the various Public Offices, has materially increased, as has also the Official correspondence received.
37. Returns are appended, marked A. and B., from which it is satisfactory to notice that the British Mail Packets have arrived with the Mails from home with punctuality, that the average time occupied in making the voyage has been less than it was in the previous year, and that 39 days is the shortest time in which a Mail has been conveyed from London to Hongkong vià Marseilles, and 38 days vil Brindisi. The return markel C. shows that 38 days was also the shortest tiine occupied by the French Packets in delivering a Mail from London. On one occasion, however, the French Packet arrived without a Nail from London. Owing to the communication across France having been interrupted, this Mail had failed to reach Marseilles in time; it was brought forward by the following British l'ucket.
General Past Offen, Hongkong, 17th March, 1871.
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258587-7.8.&.$=8785.5-5.8
22
51
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48
17
48
48
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48
48
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48
17
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24
51
61
51
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Total,..
1,975 days 1,244
35
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1
1870. January
14
45 days
28
45
n
February 11
42
25
"
March
11
25
"
April
8
"
May
June
July
20
17
1
8
3
15
"
29
"
August
12
20
帷
September
D
23
October
7
21
November
4
18
December 2
$339==99899-998888-47945F
46
1
16
#
30
48
12
RAGE TO CI DI — DI DI OD ama- ja ::::
Total
1,119 Jays 1,088
36
13
number of days allowed for mck voyago, ....40,4
occupied in
.47H
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Average number of days allowed he mck voyage, ....$NA
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Gift
P. W. MITCHELL
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