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STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND HONGKONG registered CORRESPONDENCE AND PARCELS FOR THE YEAR 1913.

International and Local.

Comparison wi

1912,

Total

Description of Correspondence.

1913.

Total 1912,

Despatched.

Received.

Increase Deurnita

Insured Letters,

1,467

2,397

3,864

2,905

959

ket

Begistered Articles,

295,032

532,912

827,944

800,925

27,019

Registered Articles, (via Siberia),

52,761

21,562

74,323

70,002

4,321

Insured Parcels, (við Gibraltar),

1,669

2,920

4,589

4,438

151

Insured Parcels, (viâ Brindisi).............

240

240

499

253

Insured Parcels, (vià Marseilles),

1.079

1,079

613

466

Ordinary Parcels, (viâ Gibraltar),

11,201

13,355

24,556

23,929

627

Ordinary Parcels, (via Brindisi), Ordinary Parcels, (vià Marseilles), Cash on Delivery Parcels,...................

332

332

1,050

718

-

2,932

2,932

2,338

594

434

435

384

51

America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,

2,788

5,407

8,195

7,249

946

German Parcels by German Ships,

401

3,225

3,626

3,561

65

French Parcels by French Ships,.......

1,418

1,418

1,397

21

Indian Insured Parcels,

1,196

492

Indian Ordinary Parcels,

Australian Parcels,

2,586

5,013

1,771

774

70,947

71,164

51

Japanese Parcels,

1,593

3,409

Miscellanous l'arcols,

27,886

26,115

Parcels, (viâ Siberia),.....

162

Parcels received for China Floot,

2,078

2,078

2,223

Total,

401,036 625,522 1,026,558

992,977

35,220

1,63

Grand Total for 1913:-1,026,558; Increase of 33,581.

Note For Rates of Postage ree ▲ 16 and the Postal Guide for the current year.

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