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Category of Mail

TABLE I

APPENDIX VI

1972-73

% Change

SUMMARY OF POSTAL STATISTICS

1971-72

152.0

159.8

80.7

78.1

+ 5.1

3.2

10,8

11.0

3.0

3.2

+1.9

+ 6.7

246.5.

252.1

+ 2.3

Desp.

Revd. Transit Desp.

Rcvd. Transit

Desp. Revd. Transit

1. POSTAL ARTICLES HANDLED (MILLIONS) (a) Letters and Postcards

(b) Printed Papers and Small Packets

(c) Registered Articles (d) Parcels

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理

2. WEIGHT OF AIRMAIL HANDLED (Kg.)

(a) Letters and Postcards (b) Printed Papers and Small Packets

415,538 427,152|

427,762 447,416

(c) Parcels

290,745 314,082 1,215,400 453,727

558,517 551,948 290,465 357,201 74,713 1,086,711| 508,344 70,216

+ 2.9 + 4.5

1.2

0.1 + 13.7 10.6 + 12,0|

6.0

TOTAL

1,921,683 1,194,961 633,230 1,804,938 1,312,961 622,164

6.1 + 9.9

1.7

TOTAL