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

Post Offices.

Money Order Offices,

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 THE YEAR ENDING 1909,

International und Local.

Comparison with 1908.

Description of Correspondence.

T

Total 1909. Total 1908.

Despatched.

Received. |

Increase. Decrease.

Insured Letters, Registered Articles,

Registered Articles, (viâ Siborin), Insured Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Insured Parcels, (viâ Brindisi),.......... Insured Parcels, (vià Marseilles),. Ordinary Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar), Ordinary Parcels, (via Brindisi), Ordinary Parcels, (via Marseilles),

672

זדא

379,233

430,193

1,549 809,426

1,069 693,621

481 115,805

11,973

9,051

24,024

**

24,024

2,065

1,981

4,046

3,729

317

72

181

253

236

17

333

333

327

6

-+

11.536

14,071

25,607

24,799

808

137

483

620

588

32

14017

1

1,015

1,105

90

Cash on Delivery Parcels,...........

107

108

108

America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,

2,257

3,067

5.32+

4,596

728

German Paresis by German Ships,

458

2,183

2,641

2,168

473

Frene Parcels received by French Ships,

951

951

929

22

Indian Insured Parcels,

701

952

Indian Ordinary Parcels,

1,522

1,724

Australian Parcels,

1,160

593 I

75,204

72,337

2,867

:

Japan Parcels,

2,017

2,899

Miscellaneous Parcels,

34,675

29,458

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

451,482 199,619

951,101

805,503

145,688

90

Parcels received for China Fleet,

1.887

1,887

2,266

379

Parcels, Shanghai and Agencies,

25,248

35,811

61,059

42,223 18,836

Registered Articles, Shanghai,.

53,844

32,552

86,396

Registered Articles, Other Agencies,

10,876

14,823

25.699

95,589 14,573

807

***

11,126

(Exclusive of articles also Į

89,968

85,073

175,041

144,651

30.769

379

passing through Hongkong), I

Grand Total for 1909, 1,126,142; net ingrcase 175,988.

STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF Moxey Order and Postal Order TraNSACTIONS BETWEEN HONGKONG AND THE UNited KingdoY, THE COLONIES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1909.

Isgned in the Colony.

Paid in the Colony.

芝

8.

d.

£

5.

d.

70,399.

16.

6.

78,471.

9.

2.

Money Orders,

16,012.

17.

0

4,916.

6.

British Postal Orders,

Mex. $35,067.73

Local Postal Ordørs,