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STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF LETTERS, ETC., DEALT WITH IN 1927.

External,

Internal.

United Kingdom.

Other Places,

Total.

From

To

From

To

Letters,

Post Cards,

Newspapers

No statistics,

Book Packets, Samples, and Circulars,

Parcels,....

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

HONG KONG AND GREAT BRITAIN, THE COLONIES, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES, IN 1927.

Issued in the Colony.

Paid in the Colony.

Money Orders,

British Postal Orders,

Local Postal Notes................

£ 49,291 6

4,072

3.

d.

£

d.

9

15

0

70,208 2,518

*9*

10

Mex. $3,492.25

STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL AND HONGKONG CORRESPONDENCE FOR 1927.

Registered Articles

Posted at Hong Kong for other countries.

Received from other countries for Hong Kong.

In transit,

Total number.

Posted and delivered at Hong Kong,

1927 1926

26,738 25,662

432,101 439,855

115,874 111,884

833,177 880,721

Increase. Decrease.

1,076

4

3,990

44,856

7,754

47,544

258,464 303,320

Insured Letters.

1927 1926

Increase.

Posted at Hong Kong for other countries.

Received from other countries for Hong Kong.

In transit.

Total number.

5,679

5,743

6,226

5,346

7,489

7,401

17,648 20,236

333

Decrease.

1,746

1,175

2,588

Parcels.

Articles posted.

Articles delivered,

Received for transmission 10

Total articles handled,

other countries.

1927 1926

98,763 154,188

92,244

109,232

67,320 69,149

258,327

332,569

lucrense. Decrcaso.

..... a

55,425

17,089

1,829

BALANS

74,242