TABLE 1
LETTER MAILS HANDLED DURING THE YEAR 1953/54.
From statistics taken at two fortnightly periods during the year the total letters (excluding registered and insured items) posted and delivered and handled in transit was estimated as follows:
Posted
Air Mails
Surface Mails
Letters and cards Printed papers Letters and cards Printed papers
10,358.005
345,931
10,703,936
20,210,018
2,774,972
22,984,990
For Local Delivery
Letters and cards Printed papers
14,408,394
3,988,342 18,396,736
Total Posted Articles... 52,085,662
Delivered
Received from
Overseas
Locally posted for
local delivery
Letters and cards
25,268,944
Printed papers
7,515,065
32,784,009
Letters and cards Printed papers
14,408,394
3,988,342
18,396,736
Total delivered articles
51,180,745
Transit
Air Mails
Letters and cards Printed papers
592,535
*
21,364
613,899
Surface Mails
Letters and cards Printed papers
520,563
84,785
605,348
Total a decouvert transit articles
1,219,247
SUMMARY
Posted articles
Delivered articles
Transit articles
52,085,662
51,180,745
1,219,247
104,485,654
Total number of articles
The figures do not take into account 78,625 "through" bags of TRANSIT mail handled at Hong Kong during the year.
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