441
25. The electric light was introduced into the Office in October and has proved a very great boon. 26. On the 22nd October a robbery was perpetrated from the Canton Postal Agency. The thief was subsequently caught and the property abstracted (which was of small value) recovered.
27. The postal agent at Ningpo died on the 31st October. An examination of his accounts, which in spite of repeated letters from this Office were at the time two months in arrear, disclosed a deficiency of $940.05, of which $161.50 was subsequently recovered from his estate.
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
&C.,
&c.,
&c.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
A.-Approximate Statistics for the Year 1894.
ARTHUR K. TRAVERS, Postmaster General.
International.
Local.
Comparison with 1893.
Description of Correspondence.
Total.
Des- patched.
[Received.
Des- patched.
Received.
Total in 1893.
Increase. Decrease.
Ordinary Paid Letters,
919,529 724,477 78,767
77,467
1,800,240 | 1,537,222 263,018
Unpaid or Short-paid Articles,.
11,999
12,987
351
1,014
26,351
43,553
17,202
Letters on Postal Business,
2,678
1,274
1,989
1,170
7,111
6,824
287
Post Cards (single),
23,166
16,419
3,718
1,937
45,240
35,752
9,488
Post Cards with reply,
1,365
403
78
1,846
1,846
Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, Cir-
culars, &c.,
397,098
676,806
46,254
28,093
1,148,251 | 1,073,361
71,890
Patterns,
12,350
20,774
Registered Articles, ་་་་་་
51,727
86,931
117 5,356
3,705
36,946
5,239
149,253
41,864 142,697
1
1,918
6,656
Do.,
with Return Receipts,.
143
3,887
13
4,043
662 3,381
B.-Statistics of Parcels for the Year 1894,
DESPATCHED.
RECEIVED.
Ordinary. Insured.
Ordinary. Insured.
United Kingdom,
7,929
320
United Kingdom,
10,049
569
India,
1,051
India,
1,130
Germany,
246
Germany,
420
Australia,
132
Australia,
136
Ceylon,
57
Ceylon,
"2
Egypt,
41
Egypt,
350
Gibraltar and Malta,.....
27
Gibraltar and Malta,
14
Coast Ports, &c.,
4,561
Coast Ports, &c............................
1,056
Total,.......
14,044
320
Total,.....
16,227
569
The Christmas and New Year Mails comprised Outward 702 and 724 respectively, and Inward 717 and 783 Parcels.
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