27. The weight of Letters sent to the United Kingdom in 1871, has been as follows:-
BY BRITISH Packet.
BY FRENCH Packet.
Tone crot.
gra. tha.
OZ.
Tona. etet.
02.
In 1871,
2
11
20
1
In 1871,
0
10
2
In 1870,
13
10
102
In 1870,
0
10
0
4 24
5
Decrease,
0
I
0 24 01
Incrense,
0
0 1
7 13
28. The weight of Letters received from the United Kingdom in 1871, has been as follows:-
BY BRITISH PACKET.
BY FRENCH PACKET.
Tons.
clot.
gra.
Iba.
Tons.
eit.
QTS.
tba.
02.
Oz.
In 1871,
2
3
G
114
In 1871,
0
1
0
In 1870,
1
2
10
In 1870,
0
3
2
11
Increase,
0
3
1
14
Increase,
0
2
26
29.
The Total weight of Letters sent from Hongkong to the United Kingdom in 1871,....wns..
>>
Do.
1870,....
Decrease,
in 1871,.
30.
Tons. ciot. gra. lbs.
Tons, ciot, gra, tha. oz.
02.
co co
3
3
05 15
2
1 24
3
1
212
13
082
The Total weight of Letters re- ceived from the United King- dom in 1871,
was.
2
11
Do. in 1870,
2
Co
#1
15 15 0 13 114
0 0
3
10 12
Incrense, in 1871,...
0 0 0 2 34
The number of Registered Letters received from London in 1871, was,
Decrease,..
Do.
do.
in 1870, "
The number of Registered Letters sent to London from Hongkong and the Postal Agencies in China and
- Japan in 1871, was.......
In 1870,
1,003
1,087
8+
3,394 2,811
Increase,
583
31. The following Tables shew the number of Registered Letters sent to, and received from other places in 1871 and 1870 respectively.
SENT.
To India.
Galle.
Straits Settlements.
Australia.
Continent of Europe.
Ports of China and Japan.
1871 1870 1871 1870 1871 1870 1871 1870 1871 1870
492 440 21 28 105 87 105 136 190 123
1871
1870
015
114
RECEIVED.
641 653 274 1,011 1,845 870 202 925 336 240
374
194
32. Giving a Total of Registered Letters sent in 1871, of 5,008 against 3,748 sent in 1870, and a Total of Registered Letters received of 5,365 in 1871, against 4,885 received in 1870; this increase in the Registration Department has been productive of much extra labor, whilst the additional revenue derived from it is comparatively sinall.
33. The amount realized by the sale of Postage Stamps in 1871, was $138,910.40. Stamps of the value of $78,405.60 were sold in Hongkong, and the remainder, viz.; $60,504.80, at the Post Office Agencies at the Ports, shewing a decrease of 86,852.52 in those sold in Hongkong, and an increase of $1,631.44 in those sold at the Ports, as compared with 1870.
34. I annex a List of the number and value of each kind of Postage Stamps sold in 1871, 1870, shewing the increase or decrease, as the case may be, under each head, viz. :—
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