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POST AND TELEGRAPH STATISTICS, 1917.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE POST OFFICE.

POSTAL SERVICE.

..

REVENUB

Gross receipts from Letters, Post Cards, Newspapers, Books, and Parcels, Fees for Private Letter Boxes,

361,021,64

7,525.06

Commission on Money Orders,

·

6,507.84

Commission on Postal Orders,

2,794,99

Profit on Exchange on Money Order transactions,

Interest on Money Order Fund,

Value of Unclaimed Money Orders,

24,397.91

1,566.82

EXPENDITURE :—

Total Postal Revcute,.....

For Conveyance of Mails beyond the Colony,

For Salaries and Wages and all expenses of Postal Service (încluding

Money and Postal Order business) within the Colony,....

For Share of P. & O. Mail Subsidy, -

Total Cost of Postal Service,

Profit,

TELEGRAPH SERVICE,

REVENCE:-

—

Message Fees,.......................

EXPENDITURE :—

For Salaries and Wages, &c..........................

Deficit,

MAIL SERVICE.

331

55.61

403,869.87

'156,151.59 33,927.69 69,135.55

259,21-1.93

$144,655.04

$ 23,817.40

39,174.38

$ 15,356,98

Coutraci.

Between Colony and

Line of Steamers.

No. of Mails.

Total Annual Subsidy.

Colony's

Other payments

Share of

Subsidy.

to

Contractors.

Commencement. Termination.

Shangbai" | Peniusular and

and Brindisi.

Oriental Steam

1st February, 31st January,

1908.

1918.

26

£210,753

£10,078

PANA

Navigation Company.

NUMBER OF POST, MONEY ORDER, AND TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN 1917.

Post Offices.

Money Order Offices,

1 General, 16 Branches.

Two.

• Shaughai and Bombay Section suspended as from ist July.

Telegraph Offices.

One.