57. A small van delivered towards the end of the year was used for surveying the possibility of mechanized delivery in some rural areas. The survey is still being conducted.
PRIVATE BOXES
58. An additional 908 private letter boxes were installed-300 in Shau Kei Wan Post Office, 200 in North Point Post Office and 408 in Sheung Wan Post Office.
59. Revenue from the renting of private boxes and bag services amounted to $153,654 as compared with $132,642 for the previous year.
REMITTANCE SERVICES
60. Money Order transactions totalled 19,820 valued at $2,810,127 as against 18,930 valued at $2,595,891 in 1956/57. A service with Taiwan was opened on 1st November, 1957, whilst the service with India was suspended in August, 1957.
61. Postal Order transactions numbered 148,315 valued at $5,116,135 as against 124,487 valued at $2,749,520 in the previous year. The heavy increase is due to the increasing popularity of the £3, £4, and £5 denominations.
62. The combined total of $7,926,262 in respect of Money and Postal Order transactions exceeded the 1956/57 figure by over $2,500,000.
63. The revenue derived from these remittance services also showed an increase, the total of $54,522 exceeding the 1956/57 total of $48,111 by $6,411.
MISCELLANEOUS
64. The opening of new branch offices at Ma Tau Wai, Shau Kei Wan and North Point, and the housing of a new Sheung Wan Post Office in the Telephone Company's Western Exchange Building marked the outstanding events of the year for the Department, and it is to be hoped that this gratifying progress will continue in the following years.
65. Other miscellaneous measures were the provision of temporary postal facilities for the 15th Exhibition of Hong Kong Products, for the visit of the tourist ship 'Caronia' and for the Eighth Session of the World Health Organization's Regional Committee for the Western Pacific.
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