1873 — Page 189

1. The proposition to erect a Post Office at Shanghae in lieu of paying high rent has received consideration, and the Hone Government having given at a peppercorn rent, the plot of ground referred to in my Report of the tour of inspection of the Postal Agencies in China and Japan, dated 20th July 1871, No. 43, Mr. Borce, the Government Surveyor in charge of Legation and Consular Buildings in China and Japan, stationed at Shanghae, has received instructions to prepare the ne- cessary plans, &c., an arrangement which, as I then shewed, will be more economical than that now existing.

1. The following statement shews a decrease in the Gross Revenue of 1873, ns compared with 1872, amounting to $11,961.56; of which $3,969.46 is apportioned to the Imperiul Post Office and $7,992.10 to the Colonial Government,

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Total Revenue collected in 1873, (including profit in Exchange),

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Total decrease in 1873 as compared with 1872, -

Comparative Statement of Revenue.

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£37,700.10. 1 .£40,258. 9.11

=$181,279.92 =$103,240.78

£ 2,401.10.10

-$ 11,901.50

£23,574.18. 1

=$113,160.54

24,401.17. 6

= 117,120.00

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820.10. 5

=$ 3,009.40

Amount of Imperial Revenue collected, Remittances to London, £20,324.10.1 in 1873, Contribution to Agencies, 1,270. 0.0

1872,

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Decrease in 1873, as compared with 1873,..

Amount of Colonial Revenue collected in 1873,.

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Decrease in 1873 as compared with 1872,

.8 08,110.68 70,111.78

$ 7,002.10

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The Total Expenditure in 1873, (including $0,000 borne by the Imperial Post Office)

amounted to (Crown Agents Account not yet received,).

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Decrease in 1873,.

Shewing a Decrease in nett Revenue in 1873 as compared with 1872, of

$ 30,731.73 40,303.15

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7,355.07

1. The excess of the Colony's Postal Revenue over its Expenditure during the year 1873, amounted to $28,387.96, which, with $6,096 reimbursement from the Imperial Post Office towards the maintenance of Agencies at the Ports, makes a total in favor of the Colony amounting to $34,483.96, or $7,355.67, less than it was in 1872.

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The Colony's share of the Postage on Mails received from the United Kingdom during 1873, was....£1,046.19. 1

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1679, was.... 1,595.12, 8

Increase in 1873,..

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£ 01. 0. 5

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The number of Ship Mails sent in 1873, was

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.1.530

in 1879, was

.1,501

Decrease in 1873,

25

The number of Ship Mails received in 1879 was.....

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Increase in 1873,

in 1872 was. - ...

.1,500 .1,470

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The number of Letters and Papers received by United States' Mail Packets from San Francisco and Yokohama in 1873, was .................. In 1872,

Decrease in 1873,.

Letters. Papers.

Lettera.

Papers.

17,002 20,213

19,044 20,742

The number of Letters and Papers sent by United States' Mail Packets to Yokohama and San Francisco in 1873, was......

27,007

30,000

In 1872,

27,255

34,755

3,150 1,008

Increase in 1873,...

352

5,201