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(b) Correspondence posted on board in port, provided the prepayment is effected by means of the postage stamps and according to the tariff of the country in the waters of which the vessel happened to be.

Formerly all such correspondence was treated as unpaid and double postage collectel from the addressees.

23. Table G shows the Money Order business for 1895.

The Honourable

COLONIAL SECRETARY,

$c.,

$6.

Sv.

I have the honour to be,

Sir, Your most obedient

Servant,

ARTHUR K. TRAVERS, Postmaster General.

A.-Approximate Statistics for the Fear 1895.

International.

Local.

Comparison with 1894.

Description of Correspondence.

Total.

Des- patched.

Received.

Des- patched.

Received.

Total in 1894.

Increase. Decrease.

Ordinary Paid Letters,..

899,600 832,710 95,620

80,200

1,908,130 | 1,800,240 107,890

Unpaid or Short-paid Articles,

7,540 23,320

350

1,530

32,940

26,351

6,589

Letters on Postal Business,

Post Cards (single),

Post Cards with reply,

Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, Cir-

culars, &c......

Patterns,

3,690

2,420

2,260

1,000

9,370

7,111

2,259

17,130

17,690

2,950

1,340

39,110

45,240

6,130

2,490

260

60

50

2,860

1,846 ì,014

387,650 930,540

Registered Articles,

Do.,

with Return Receipts,

13,440 25,350 51,520 | 125,290

150

61,630 400

6,450

24,440 1,530 6,760

1,404,260

1,148,251 | 256,009

40,720

36,946

8,774

190,020

149,253

40,767

6,120

20

20

6,310

4,043

2,267

Local Delivery:

-Letters, Circulars, &c.

95,610

89,850

5,760

B.-Sale of Stamps at Hongkong 1894 and 1895.

1894.

1895.

January,

.$10,488.06

$12,489.53

February,

7,239.73

10,667.13

March,

13,699.04

12,813.99

April,

9,748.43

11,451.87

May,

9,655.25

14,554.84

June,

7,439.11

12,030.09

July,

8,769.43

11,928.27

August,

9,791.42

12,943.28

September,

9,705.82

11,698.62

October,

11,928.98

14,319.72

November,

12,523.10

12,748.35

December,

10,755.90

13,321.29

C.-Statistics of Parcels for the Year 1895.

Despatched.

Received,

Ordinary. Insured.

Ordinary.

Insured.

United Kingdom,

8,529

1,096

United Kingdom,

10,377

923

India,

1,218

India,

1,248

Germany,

222

Germany,.

511

Australia,

137

Australia,

121

Ceylon,

45

Ceylon,.....

49

Egypt,

35

Egypt,

273

Gibraltar and Malta,

26

Gibraltar and Malta,

33

Coast Ports, &c.,

5,395

Coast Ports, &c.,..

3,106

Total,..

15,607

1,096

Total,.....

16,018

923

The Christmas and New Year Mails comprised Outward 652 and 776 respectively, and Inward 996 and 661 Parcels.