MAILS EXCHANGED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.
21. Most of the mail work at Hong Kong is, of course, international in character. Direct mails are made up to 56 "Offices of Exchange" in other countries by air and 67 Offices by surface transport. A list of the offices is at Table 5. Direct despatches were inaugurated to Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru during the year. Several Postal Administra- tions were asked to make up separate mails for the Island of Hong Kong, and for Kowloon and the New Territories.
MONEY ORDERS.
22. The Money Order Service operates directly between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Eire, Malaya, North Borneo, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Mauritius and to certain other places to which money orders are re-advised by these countries. A direct Money Order Service has not yet been resumed with Japan, China, Macao, the Philippines, Viet-Nam, Thailand, Indonesia, U.S.A. and the Union of South Africa. Difficulties over payment of money orders in Pakistan were to a large extent responsible for a decrease in money order business. Cash on Delivery traffic from the United Kingdom continues to grow steadily year by year. British Postal Orders of seven denominations are sold and the value of postal orders issued increased from £19,577 to £25,667. The total value of postal orders paid showed an increase from £7,807 to £10,577. Nearly 11,000 money orders and over 47,000 postal orders were issued and paid during the year. Details are given at Table 10.
FORCES MAIL.
23. The Army Post Office established in September 1949 continued throughout the year under review to deal with mails to and from the increased military forces stationed in the Colony. Similarly the Fleet Mail Office undertook the major part of the work of dealing with mails to and from H.M. Ships. Due to events in Korea the amount of mail traffic handled in both the Army Post Office and the Fleet Mail Office to Japan, Korea, Singapore and Great Britain increased considerably.
GENERAL.
24. Efforts have been made to improve the service generally by extended hours of duty in the Registration Branch in order to accelerate delivery of registered letters. The number of licensed stamp vendors was increased in order to provide better facilities for the purchase of stamps in certain parts of the Colony. The total number of licensed stamp
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