Post_Office_1960-1961 — Page 27

TABLE II

(INCLUDING

STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED ()

INSURED) ARTICLES DEALT WITH IN 1960-61

AS COMPARED WITH 1959-60

Posted and delivered at Hong Kong

Posted at Hong Kong for other countries

Received from other countries for Hong Kong

Transit

Total Number

1959-60...

1,090,957

1,212,240

1,433,470

90,802

3,827,469

1960-61.

1,292,968

1,348,742

1,483,192

75,007

4,199,909

Increase

202,011

136,502

49,722

388,235

Decrease

15,795

15,795

TABLE III

NUMBER OF PARCELS POSTED AND RECEIVED

FROM 1ST APRIL, 1960 TO 31ST MARCH, 1961

indicating in parenthesis comparative figures for 1959-60

PARCELS POSTED

Ordinary, by surface routes

**

Insured, by surface routes

Trade-charge (COD) surface Ordinary, by air

Insured, by air

Trade-charge (COD) air

Total

4:

616,438 (536,598)

7,764 ( 6,626)

2,187 ( 1,441)

170,705 (131,110)

316 (

110)

24 ( 26)

797,434 (675,911)

PARCELS RECEIVED

Ordinary, by surface routes Insured, by surface routes Trade-charge (COD) surface Ordinary, by air

Insured, by air

Trade-charge (COD) air

***

***

***

J

:

***

Total

鲁番

276,209 (274,242) ·

7,144 ( 7,366)

1,128 ( 1,461)

65,418 (49,899)

705 (

677)

121 ( 70)

350,725 (333,715)

The trade-charge (Cash-On-Delivery) service extends only to Malaya and Great Britain. The above figures do not include 32,333 parcels in transit.

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