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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

9. The Revenue and Expenditure for the year 1902 will be found in Table F. It will be seen that the Revenue received from all sources was $387,066.19, exceeding that of 1901 by $31,153.45, and the Expenditure was $316,240.12, an increase of $42,554.61, on that of the previous year. The net balance to the credit of Hongkong Post Office on the year's transactions amounted to $70,826.07.

MONEY ORDERS.

10. The Money Order business done during the year 1902 was $721,112.08. I attach a statement of the year's transactions-Table G.

11. The sales of Imperial and Local Postal Notes in 1902-Tables H and Iamounted to £6,026 68. 71d. and $10,434.07 respectively, the former shewing a decrease of £892 5s. 5d. and the latter an increase of $2,341.01 on the sales of the previous year.

GENERAL.

12. The Penny Letter Postage was extended to the British Postal Agencies from 15th February, 1902.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

L. A. M. JOHNSTON,

Postmaster General.

fc.,

f'c.

The Honourable THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&C..

Table A.

APPROXIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1902.

International and Local Correspondence.

International.

Local.

Comparison with 1901.

Description of Correspondence.

Total.

Des- patched.

Received.

Des- patched.

Received.

Total in 1901.

Increase. Decrease.

Ordinary Paid Letters,

Unpaid or Short-paid Articles,

Letters on Postal Business,

Post Cards,......

2,236,450 1,683,590 151,820, 36,200 39,260 2,220 8,080 7,100 2,930 160,110 112,870j 4,350

76,730 4,148,590 | 4,002,580

146,010

260 77,940

138,260

60,320

1,330 1,430 278,760

19,440

19,210

230

198,370

80,390

Newspapers, Books, Circulars, Patterns,

&c.,

875,760 1,202,130

Registered Articles,

187,060 269,020

Do.,

with Return Receipts,

Insured Letters, (Actual),..

1,220 160

10,400 124

92,590 10,670,

100

16,640 2,187,120 | 2,352,690

8,760 475,510

165,570

960

12,680 284

444,360 10,550

31,150

2,130

260

24

Local Delivery:-Letters, Circulars, &c.,

280,770

278,720

2,050

Table B.

Mails

for

from

Hongkong.

Ordinary.

Registered.

Mail Bags, &c. Received and Despatched during the year 1902,

Mails sent

Number of

Mails.

Mails Mails for

for

Foreign in transit Steamers bringing H.M.'s Men-of- |_ through Ships.

War. Hongkong.

Loose

Bags. Packets. Letter Bags. Packets.

Parcel Boxes.

Bags. Bags.

Bags & Packets.

Arrivals.

Depar-

tures.

Boxes.

Received,

42,944 2,713 1,337 10,340 2,595 3,917

Despatched,... 31,564 2,613 1,179

11,725 4,077 4,061

3,487 3,949

1,034 2,876

22,470 7,426 8,432