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TABLE II

STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED (INCLUDING INSURED) ARTICLES DEALT WITH IN 1957/58 AS COMPARED

WITH 1956/57

Posted at Hong Kong for other countries

Posted and delivered at

Received from other countries

In transit

Total Number

Hong Kong

for Hong Kong

1956/57...

781,153

934,927

1,162,470

62,935

2,941,485

1957/58...

920,656

1,020,415

1,212,255

76,537

3,229,863

INCREASE

139,503

85,488

49,785

13,602

288,378

DECREASE

TABLE III

NUMBER OF PARCELS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED

PARCELS POSTED

Ordinary, by surface routes...

Insured, by surface routes

Ordinary. by air

4

Insured, by air

Trade-charge (C.O.D.) surface

Trade-charge (C.O.D.) air

PARCELS RECEIVED

Ordinary, by surface routes ..

Insured, by surface routes

要

Ordinary, by air

Insured, by air

Trade-charge (C.O.D.) surface

Trade-charge (C.O.D.) air

***

Total

Total

>

:

:

448,923

6,940

87,738

73

1,084

6

544,764

235,637

6,234

L

34,854

654

1,620

91

279,090

The trade-charge (Cash-on-delivery) service extends only to Malaya and Great Britain.

The above figures do not include 23,098 parcels in transit.

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