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NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1909.

l'ost Offices.

Money Order Oflices.

Hongkong :—1 General, 4 Branches.

Hongkong, 1.

China-11 Agencies.

Shanghai, 1.

Telegraph Offices.

STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND AGENCIES' REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE

AND PARCELS FOR 1908.

International and Local.

Compariso 1907

Description of Correspondence.

Total 1908. Total 1907.

Despatched. Received,

Increase. 1-

Insured Letters, Registered Articles,

462

370,730

GOG 322,891

1,068

70G

362

693,62|

745,349

Insured Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Insural Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),... Insured Parcels, (viâ Marseilles),

1,872

79

1,857 157

3,729

3,622

**107

236

231

5

327

327

313

14

Ordinary Parcols, (viâ Gibraltar),

11.423

13,376

24,799

28,174

Onlinary Parcels, (vin Brindisi),

144

444

598

602

Ordinary Parcels, (viû Marseilles),

1,105

1,105

1,031

71

America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,

1,639

2,957

4,596

4,668

German Parcels by German Steamers,....

351

1,814

2,168

2,299

C

Freneli Parcels received by French Steamers,....

929

929

958

Indian Insured Parcels,

960

536

Indian Ordinary Parcels,

1,389

1,996

Australian Parcels,

1,002

555

72,337

63,462

3,875

Japan Parcels,

1,975

1,691

Miscellaneous Parcels,

44,453

17,780

Total,.....

436,482

369,021

805,503

856,415

1,137

Parcels received for China Fleet,

2,265

2,266

2,267

Parcels, Shanghai and Agencies,

23.854

18,369

42,223

34,281

7,942

Registered Articles, Slinnghai,

53,248

32,341

85,589

80,490

5,099

Registered Articles, Agencies,

4,365

10,208

14,573

5,053

9,520

(Exclusive of articles also

passing through Hongkong), }

81,467 63,181

144,631

122,091

22,561

Grand Total for 1909, 930,154; decrease of 28,352 against 1907.

STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ÜRDER AND POSTAL ORDER TRANSACTIONS BETW!!

THE COLONY AND THE United KingdOM, AND BETWEEN THE COLONY AND OTHER

COLONIES OR FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1903.

Issued in the Colony.

I'aid in the C'ol

£ 13,160. 8. 2

United Kingdom,....................................

Now Zealnud, Australian Commonwealth aud South Africa,

Germany,..

India aud Ceylon,

United States and Qauada..

Japan, ..............................

Straits Settlements, Borneo, Siam, &c.,

British Postal Order,................

Local Postal Orders, ... ·

£ 1,942, 5. 6 Mks. 26,618.11 Rs 210,144. O $ Gold 7,096.39 Yen 207,035.08 $ Mox. 89,231.02 £ 12,046.16. 6

£ 17,107 £ 24,631 Mks, 125.' Rs 147!

8 Gold 22, Yeu M-4. $ Mex. 107. £ 5,457.

$ Mex. 30,197.50