10.
Total Revenue collected in 1871,
Comparative Statement of Revenue.
Add Amount received from Imperial Post Office towards the maintenance of the
Postal Agencies in China and Japan,.
..£37,091. 8. 9 =$178,038.91
1,270. 0. 0
=
6,096.00
Total Revenue collected in 1870,
Total Decrease in 1871 as compared with 1870,
£38,361. 8. 9 =$184,134.91 £40,204.11. 8
91
=$192,982.00
.£ 1,843. 2.10 = $ 8.847.00
Amount of Imperial Revenue collected
Do.
do.
in 1871, do. 1870,
Remittances to London,.. L23,358.1.4, {Contribution to Agencies, 1,270.0.0.
£24,628. 1. 4
25.655.19. 8
=$118,214.72
=$123,148.72
..£ 1,027.18. 4
=$ 4,034.00
Decrease in 1871, ns compared with 1870,
Amount of Colonial Revenue collected in 1871, do. in 1870,
Du.
do.
Decrense in 1871, as compared with 1870,
.$ 65,920.19 60,$33.28
.,$ 3,013.00
20. It is a matter of regret that although there has been no diminution in the amount of labor imposed upon the Officers and no decrease in the efficiency of the Department, the foregoing state- ment shews a falling off in the Revenue. This falling off arises (1) from the discontinuance of the Mail service between Hongkong and Manila; (2) from the falling off in the correspondence to and from the Continent resulting from the Franco-German War, and (3) from the reduction of one penny
half ounce in the rates of Postage on Letters between China and the United Kingdom.
per
21.
The Colonial Expenditure in 1871, for Post Office purposes (including $2,710.00 for conveyance of Ship Mails, and payments made to the United States' Post Offien amounting
to $710.04, for the convoyance of British closed Mails between Shanghag and Nagasaki, and between Yokohama and Iliogo) amounts to
Less amount contributed by Imperial Post Office in nil of maintenance of Agencies at the Ports,
Expenditure borne by the Colony in 1871, do. 1870,
Do.
Decrease in 1871, as compared with 1870,
• $38,519,27
6,096,00
$ 32,147.27 88,872.70
$ 1,425,48
22. It will thus be observed that the excess of the Colony's Postal Revenue over its ordinary Expenditure for Post Office purposes during the past year nimounted to $33,472.92 which, with $4,093.77 profit on amounts remitted to London, makes a total excess in favor of the Colony amounting to $37,566.09.
23.
The Colony's shitro of tho Postage on Mails received from the United Kingdom in 1871, was
Do.
ilo.
do.
1870, do.
.£1,450.18.10
1,394.11. 64
Increase in 1871,
24.
.C
56. 5. 8$
The number of Ship Mails sent in 1971, WAS.
Du.
do.
Decrease in 1871,
25.
1,073 in 1870, was................ .1,810
The number of Ship Mails received in 1871, was.......... 1,350
Do.
do.
in 1870, was....1,191
143
Increase in 1871,
168
The number of Letters and Papers received by United States' Packets from San Francisco and Yokohama in 1871, was.................. In 1870,.
Letters. Papers.
Letters.
Papers.
15,256 17,398 14,572 16,820
084
The number of Letters and Papers sent by United States' Packets to Yokobama and San Francisco in 1871, was.....
21,200
24,244
In 1870,
21,145
21,055
578
Increase in 1871,
64
3,189
Increase in 1871,
26. The number of Letters and Papers sent from Hongkong to the United Kingdom, has been as follows, viz.:-
In 1871, In 1870,
Decrease,
BY BRITISH Packet.
BY FRENCH PACKET.
Letters. Papers. 182,843 131,536 101,530 152,862
Letters. - Papers.
In 1871, In 1870,
24,018
9,310
28,007
9,104
8,696
21,326
Decrease,
3,380
116
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