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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st APRIL, 1880.
(C.)—APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1879. Supplied to the International Bureau of the Postal Union, Berne.
DESCRIPTION
OF
CORRESPONDence.
INTERNATIONAL
CORRESPONDENCE.
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Despatched. Received. Despatched. Received,
TOTAL
Ordinary paid Letters,..
Unpaid and short paid Letters, Letters on Post Office business,
Fost Cards,
252,000
255,000
65,000
70,000
642,0***
8,340
4,030
1,378
5,620
14387
572
468
1,287
819
3,146
2,970
2,980
100
60
0,119
DJ. with prepaid reply,
Newspapers and Periodicals,
88,000
100,000
30,000
9,000
297,000
Books, Circulars, Prices Current, &c.,
107,000
200,000
33,000
21,000
370.88*3
Patterns,
3,000
2,600
300
250
6,45
Commercial Papers,.
200
370
570
Registered Letters,
7,514
8,450
1,677
1,378
19,019
Letters with value declared,.
Registered Letters with Return Receipt,
364
650
60
65
1,133
* 120
90
Parcels,
210
Do. with value declared,
...
Number of Money Orders,
2,962
223
257
307
3.749
Amount of
Do.,
Fr. 331,000
Fr. 22,461
Fr. 14,082
Fr. 31,352 Fr. 398,595
(D.)-MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
No. of Orders.
Amount
Colonial Com- mission.
Total Com- mission.
£
s. d.
$ £.
$ c.
Drawn by Hongkong on London,
1,507
6,725. 8.4
236.88
by Shanghai
1,101
5,785.18.8
173.06
"
by Yokohama
354
>>
1,398. 8.2
€0.74
TOTAL, China and Japan on London,..........
2,962
12,909.15.2
470.68
470.6%
s. d.
$ c.
>>
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Drawn by London on Hongkong,
131
638.18.6
34.26
by
}}
on Shanghai,.
52
178. 3.9
10.17
by
»
on Yokohama,
40
165.14.5
7.94
TOTAL, London on China and Japan,...
223
082.16.8
52.37
52.37
$ c.
C.
Drawn by Hongkong on Shanghai,
""
27
by by
on Yokohama,
27
on Singapore,
22
by Shanghai on
$38-
64
992.08
9.45
45
956.66
7.65
39
666.90
6.60
9
109.82
1.50
"
22
by Yokohama on
84.01
1.05
"
TOTAL, Local Orders Outwards,
163
2,809.47
26.25
26.25
$ c.
$ c.
Drawn by Shanghai on Hongkong,..
by Yokohama
ma on
">
132
2,761.13
25.50
93
2,205.25
17.15
by Singapore on
71
956.11
>> by
"?
"} by
on Shanghai,
6
52.10
"
on Yokohama,.
3
16.00
TOTAL, Local Orders Inwards,
305
5,990.59
42.65
12.05
TOTAL COMMISSION,..............................
501.05
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