9. The negociations referred to in the 15th paragraph of my last Annual Report for a regular exchange of direct Mails between Hongkong and Brindisi, which includes the transmission of corres pondence between Ilongkong and all the British Postal Agencies in China and Japan on the one side. and Italy, Switzerland, the German States, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Heligoland, Swe den, Norway and Russia on the other, have been completed, and the arrangements made have been found advantageous to the Public. Letters between the places named are delivered more speedily and at less cost for Postage than when they were passed through the French Post Office.
10. The whole of the Postal Agencies in China and Japan have been thoroughly inspected during the past year, and the result of the examination thereof will be found fully set forth in any letter of the 20th July, No. 43.
11. The French Mail service which in 1870 was reduced to one Packet every 28 days each way between Marseilles and China resumed its fortnightly service during 1871.
12. The departure of both the British and French Mail Packets has been inade one day later than formerly from Hongkong and Shanghae, and two days later from Yokohama.
13. The opportunity which has been afforded to the Public of sending such of their correspondence for the United Kingdom as they may desire by means of the numerous steain vessels proceeding through the Suez Canal, has been taken advantage of to a very limited extent only.
14. On account of a change in the rates of Postage on letters addressed to the United Kingdom from 32 to 30 cents per half ounce, the color of the 30 cent stamp has been altered because the color of the old stamp assimilated so closely to the color of the 8 cent stamp as to make the one liable to be mistaken for the other by gas light.
15. The following statement shows n decrease of $8,817.09 in the Gross Revenue of 1871, as com pared with the Revenue of 1870; but as the amount of uncollected Revenue at the end of 1871 wa
$53.71 less than that which was outstanding at the end of 1870, the actual decrense of the gross Revenue in 1871, is in reality $8,900.80; of this sum about Four Thousand Dollars is out of the Colonial Revenue and the remainder out of the Revenue of the Imperial Post Ollice.
16. The following Tables shew the results of the Money Order business in 1871 as compare with 1870-
ORDERS DRAWN UPON THE UNITED Kisunom.
=
1871.
No. qf Orilera
dravan.
Amount.
Commission
which neerued to
the Colony.
1870.
No. of Ordera drman,
Amount,
INCREASE
|Number. Amount.
DECREASE.
[Number,] Amount,
Hongkong,.
Shanglino,.. Yokolininn,
*****
051
*. d. 1,072 10,131.10. D❘ 2017.02 8,598. 1. | 146,01 2,444.14.11 108.81
Totul,.............. 3,300 | 16,112. 9.11 021.74
£
£ x. d. 1,800 || 144,062.10, 7° 266,07
133
(150) 617
3,013
3,140, 4. 0. 87.52 2,822. 6. I 72.87
10,021, 0. 410.30
24
£x d. 70. 8. 2 121.10.
184
57.41) 85.04
201
408.10. M
203.08
•
17. Orders drawn in the United Kingdom
Ирон
1longkong,
Shanghae,.
Yokohama,
Total,..
1871.
No. of Ordere drawn.
Amount.
Commission
which accrued to
the Colony.
1870.
INCREASE.
No, of Orders
Amount.
|Number.] Almount.
drawn.
£ a. d.
C.
£
40
187.12. 0
7.60
A2
#. d. 144.12. (1
7.18
14
11
57.15. D
2.78
14.11.10
0.78
£ *. . 13. 0. 0 43, 3.11
0.38 22.00
Е
25. 3. 0
1.20
32.18, 8
1.00
2
240.11. 0
11.54
40
102. 0. 0
0.46
10
50. 3,11
11.38
C#. d.
377.10. 2
377.10. 2
DECREASE.
Number. Amount,
£ s. d.
Commission
jelich neerunt to
the Colony,
Commission
which accrued to
the Colony,
$.
***
7.13. 2
0.401
0,40
7.15, 9
18. The following figures shew the result of the Local Money Order business in 1871 as com pared with 1870:-
1871.
1870.
INCREASE.
DECREASE.
No. of Amount. |Orders.
Commis No. of sion. Orders.
Amount.
Communis No. of Orders.
Amount.
Commis- No. of Amount.
sion. Orders.
Commu
sion.
Money Orders drawn in Hongkong un
Shanghine,...
22
$ c. $ c.
380.78 3.30
હું..
$ c. 417.10 4.20
C.
$ c.
$
27,08
Money Orlers drawn in Hongkong ou
Yokoliama,
17 351.72 3.45
Money Orders drawn in Shanghae on
Hongkong,
Money Orlers drawn in Yokohama on
Hongkong,
Total,...
182 5,000.10 45.00
0+ 2,080.28| 18.20
13 220.70 2.40
90 2,500.74| 21.13
80 | 1,995.00| 15.15
130.06 1.05
02 2,520.30| 24.51
14 04.20 3.05
:
316 | 7,020.68|| 70,61
208 5,103.72 42.00 110 2,754.54| 23.01
3
27.38
0,00
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