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NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1907.

Post Offices.

Money Order Offices,

Hongkong :—1 Gencral, 2 Branches.

Hongkong, 1.

China

11 Agencies.

Shangbai, 1.

Telegraph Offices.

STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND ÅGENCIES' REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE

AND PARCELS FOR 1907.

[International and Local.]

Comparison with 1906.

Description of Correspondence.

Total 1907. Total 1906.

Despatched, Received.

Increase. Decrease.

Insured Letters,

335

Registered Articles,

345,959

371 399,390

706

550

746,349

672,186

156 73,163

Insured Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar),

Insured Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),.

1,850 102

1.772

3,622

3.697

75

129

231

214

17

Insured Parcels, (viâ Marseilles),

313

313

321

8

Ordinary Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Onlinary Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),

14,603

13,569

28,174

24.435

3,739

271

331

602

507

95

Ordinary Parcels, (viû Marseilles),

1,031

1,031

950

81

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America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,

1.827

2,841

1,668

4,251

417

German Parcels by German Steamers.....

438

1,861

2,299

2,547

248

French Parcels received by French Steamers,.

958

958

910

48

Insured Indian Parcels,

501

500

Ordinary Indian Parcels.

1,274

1,737

Australian Parcels,

1,057

818

68,462

60,232

8,210

:

:

Japan Parcels,

2,092

1,884

Miscellaneous Parcels,

41,007

17,592

Total,.....

411,318

145,097

856,415

770,820 85,926

331

Parcels received for China Fleet,

2,267

2,267

Parcels, Shangbai and Agencies, Registered Articles, Shanghai, .. Registered Articles, Agencies,

20.409

13,872

34,281

2,410 30,807

143

3,474

51.458

29,032

2,920

2,133

80,490 5,053

118,135 4,715

37,645

338

Total,..........

74,787 47,804

122,091

156,067 3,812 37,788

Grand Total for 1907, 978,506; increase of 51,619 against 1906,

STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN

THE COLONY AND THE UNITED KINGDON, AND BETWEEN THE COLONY AND OTHER

COLONIES OR FOREIGN Coustries, IN 1907.

Issued in the Colony,

l'aid in the Colony.

United Kingdom,

Now Zealand, Australian Colonies and South Africa,

Germany,

India and Ceylon,

United States and Canada,.

Japan,

Straits Settlements, Borneo, Siam, &c.,

British Postal Orders,....

Local Postul Orders,

£ 17.400. 2. 1

£ 2.340. 15. 8

Mke. 31,983.94 R✩ 248,060.11 $ Gold 6,620.75 Yen 256,758.10 $ Mex. 60,301.69 £11,764. I. 6

£17,277.18. 4

£ 31,013. 7.11 Mks. 63,254.74 Rs 157,282.15

* Gold 32,219.47

Yen

45,714.22 Mex. 107,744.80 £ 3,269. 4. 9

Mex. 22,877.50