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From the first you
will see that the
number of steamers entered and cleared at
all sive port was in 1878, 5.240;
"was in 1887,
8.750. At Iwatow alove the numbers are
for 1898, 925; for 1887, 1598. As each_
steamer carries
Ꮽ
need scarcely
out how much additional labour.
point ou
of shipping must have entailed
this increase of shipping
on the various Postal Agencies .
Idow great
.
that increase has been at Twatoro and Amoy the other tables of registered correspondence received and sent will serve to show. In the case
for the 12 months ended
of Iwato
July
ow
3141883
103
only 1972 registered covers were received; international and 69 local. In the
corresponding period ended
Only 21+ 1889,
d covets were received; 623
12/36 registered.
international and 613 local. In other words
over seven times
-one
00
many.
That ratio, however, is a small when
compared with that shown by
covers sent. From
the table of registered
that
that
e sent - 62 interna
' you will see that in the whole of 1882 only 126 registered tional and 64 local; whereas in the
covers were,
e year
1888 no less than 1454 such covers were
sent, 303 international and 1151 local. That is to the work
say
Correspondence
therbeen and a
Yet
of sending registered
was increased more than
I a half times.
in 1888 the Agent -
Avas
paid no
more than in 1882; indeed he was paid some 2:2 per cent less. In 1882 the Agents $40 a month was worth £90 a year; in 1888 it was worth £72. The comparative
Table from Amoy for
the
years 1885-89alss shows an immense increase of
f
of work.
the other Agencies had preserved
their records I have.
show
an
no doubt they
would
-equally starthing increaed.
Besides the natural. I growth of communication,
a great increase in registration and other postal work haw been brought about at all the pork by the introduction of
and Parcel Post.
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