TABLE I
SUMMARY OF POSTAL STATISTICS
(1) NUMBER OF POSTAL ARTICLES POSTED IN
HONG KONG
(2)
(A) TO DESTINATIONS ABROAD
(i) Letters, Postcards and Aerogrammes (ii) Printed Papers, etc.
(a) Printed Papers, Samples, etc. (b) Small Packets (China Mainland) (c) Small Packets (Other
Destinations)
(iii) Registered articles (iv) Parcels
**
(B) FOR LOCAL DELIVERY
(i) Letters, Postcards
(ii) Printed Papers, etc. (iii) Registered articles
(iv) Parcels
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18,057,808
3,353,842
1967-68
56,275,046
282,384 21,694,034
2,916,679
1,716,136 82,601,895
***
36,441,505
RECEIVED FROM ABROAD FOR LOCAL DELIVERY
(i) Letters, Postcards and Aerogrammes (ii) Printed Papers, etc.
(iii) Registered articles
(iv) Parcels
(3) IN TRANSIT
(i) Letters, Postcards and Aerogrammes
(ii) Printed Papers, etc.
***
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30,766,335
2,613,271
19,835 69,840,946
61,918,777
8,920,172 2,147,352
435,782 73,422,083
2,105,238 303,286
(iii) Registered articles
(iv) Parcels
91,999
20,161 2,520,684
SUMMARY AND COMPARISON
Increase or
Number of Postal Articles Handled
1966-67
1967-68
Decrease%
(1A) Posted to destinations abroad
82,404,300 82,601,900
+0.24%
(1B) Posted for local delivery
65,783,300
69,840,900
+6.2%
(2)
Received from abroad for local
delivery
68,274,100
73,422,100
+7.5%
(3)
In Transit
A
2,351,400
2,520,700
+7.2%
Total Handled
218,813,100 228,385,600
+4.4%
No. of post offices in operation
52
54*
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* Including 1 mobile post office operating in the New Territories.
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