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SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 22ND MAR., 1884. 219

(B.)-MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.

No. of Orders.

Amount.

In Sterling.

ongkong on London,

hanghai

Colonial Total Com- Com- mission. mission.

£ s. d.

$ c.

C.

1,777

7,737.17. 0

344.45

996

3,606. 6. 5

201.70

ongkong or Shanghai on Queensland,

3

10. 0. 0

0.67

>>

on New South Wales,

35

211. 6.10

8.22

on South Australia,

5

35.11.10

1,31

""

on Western Australia,

3

3.14. 8

0.60

22

on Victoria,

33

161. 5.10

6.00

Total Outward Orders in Sterling,

2,852

11,766. 2. 7

562.95

562.95

ondon on Hongkong,

120

404. 3. 4

23.80

و,

on Shanghai,

42

132.13.10

7.09

ueensland on Hongkong or Shanghai,...

[ew South Wales on

270

1,943.11. 0

103.10

445

2,949. 8.10

146.04

25

outh Australia on

39

245. 4. 6

11.20

39

Vestern Australia on Victoria on

10

79. 0. 0

>>

30

140.13. 3

8.67

"

Total Inward Orders in Sterling,

956

5,894.14. 9

299.90

299.90

In Dollars.

$ c.

longkong on Shanghai,

87

1,535.23

33.20

on Japan,

86

1,612.17

24.84

"

or Shanghai on Straits Settlements,..

77

1,860.60

20.20

Total Outward Orders in Dollars,

250

5,008.00

78.24

78.24

Shanghai ou Hongkong,

139

2,590.06

53.20

apan on

65

824.33

Straits Settlements on Hongkong,.

112

1,489.07

Total Inward Orders in Dollars,

316

4,903.46

53.20

53.20

In Rupees.

R. a.

Hongkong or Shanghai on India, India on Hongkong or Shanghai, Hongkong on Ceylon,

289

27,551.7

154.45

154.45

51

4,297.8

9.61

9.61

4

124.8

1.40

1.40

$ c.

Ceylon on Hongkong,

3

21.16

TOTAL COMMISSION,,

(C.)—APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1883. Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.

.$

1,159.75

INTERNATIONAL.

LOCAL.

COMPARISON WITH 1882.

DESCRIPTION OF CORRESPONDENCE.

TOTAL.

De- spatched.

De-

Received.

Received.

spatched.

Total in 1882.

Increase. Decrease.

Ordinary paid letters,.

Unpaid and short paid Articles,

372.500 427,500 50,000

$,500 14,600

Letters on l'ostal Business,

1,100

1,000

1,900

Post Cards,

6,100

2,600

1,000

2,400 12,000 1.300 1,700

Do. with prepaid reply,

150

Newspapers and Periodicals,.

95,000

329.000

35,000

Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c.,

166.500

146,000

15,000

12.000 12.500

53,000 903,600 37,600 5.300 11,400 150 471,000 310,000

1.029.550 11.600 4.600 12.420 200 588.700 279,100

125,950 4,000

700

1,020

50

117,700

61,900

Patterns,

4.150

10,000

910

1,800

16,869

17.820

1,460

Commercial Papers,

2,600

2.340

4,910

Registered Articles,

15,800

28,700

4,600

3,100

47,200

730 31,230

4,210 12,970

Letters with value declared,

Registered Articles will Return Receipt,.

247

1,400

260

570

2,477

1,560

Parcels,.

101

130

260

400

891

400

917 494

Do. with value declared,

...

3.308

Do.,

fr. 366,869 fr. 167,616

Number of Money Orders,

Amount of

I'rinted and Published by NORONIJA & Co., Printers to the Hongkong Government, Nos, 5, 7, and 9, Zetlund Street.

3,187

87

139

4.721

4.030

691

fr. 7,676 | fr. 12,951 fr, 555,111 Fr.452,815 [fr. 102,986

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