SERVICES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS
18. The value of free services rended to other Departments was estimated at $142,405,
POSTAL SERVICES
19. General. The total number of bags of mail handled was the highest ever recorded at 289,749. This exceeded the figure of 286,503 for 1953/54 by 3,246 bags, or just over 62 additional bags per day, bringing the average number of bags handled daily to 1,137.
20. Letters and packets individually handled again exceeded 100,000,000 at the figure of 114,405,184, an increase over 1953/54 of 9,919,530 items. These figures do not include those for parcels, registered and insured items.
SURFACE MAILS
21. Excellent shipping facilities made possible the frequent despatch of mails to most destinations with the exception of the China Mainland. During the year a total of no less than 2,733 ships were used for the transport of mail. Only one small mail was lost due to a fire breaking out on the ship conveying it to Bombay.
22. For the first time since the war it was possible to make despatches direct to such places as the West African Ports, a number of East African Ports, and even the Seychelles. This considerably cut down transmission time to those places. Additional services to European, American and Japanese Ports also made possible more frequent despatches.
23. The improved services which became available, plus increased traffic necessitated a complete examination of the circulation of both letter and parcel mails, and in the case of
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