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Table II,

STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND AGENCIES REGISTERED CORRESPONDENCE AND PARCELS FOR 1907.

International & Local.

Comparison with 1906.

Description of Correspondence.

Total Total 1907. 1906.

Despatched. Received.

Increase. Decrease,

Decrea

Insured Letters..........

335

Registered Articles, -

345,959

Insured Parcels riú Gibraltar,

1,850

1,772

371 399,390 | 745,349 3,622

706

550

156

672,186

73.163

3,697

75

Insured Parcels via Brindisi, Insured Parcels via Marseilles, Ordinary Parcels viâ Gibraltar, Ordinary Parcels via Brindisi,

102

129

231

211

17

313

313

321

14,605

13.569

28,174

24.435

3,739

271

331

602

507

95

Ordinary Parcels riú Marseilles,

1.031

1.031

950

21

America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,

1.827

2,841

4,668

4,251

417

German Parcels by German Steamers,

438

1,861

2,299 2.547

248

French Parcels received by French

Steamers,

958

958

910

48

Insured Indian Parcels,

501

500

Ordinary Indian Parcels,

1,274

1,737

Australian Parcels,

1,057

818

68,462 60.252

8.210

Japanese Parcels,

2,092

1.884

Miscellaneous Parcels,

41,007

17,592

411,318

445,097 |856,415 770,820

85,926

331

Parcels received for China Fleet,

Parcels, Shanghai and Agencies,..

20,409

2,267 2,267 13,872 34,281 30,807

2,110

143

3.474

Registered Articles, Shanghai,..

51,458

Registered Articles, Agencies,.

2,920

29,032 2,133

80,490118,135

5,053 |

37,645

4.715

338

(Exclusive of articles also passing through Hongkong,).........

74,787

47,304 122,091 '156,067

3.812 37,788

Grand Total for 1907, 978,506; increase of 51,619 against 1906.

Table III.

REVENCE AND EXPENDITURE.

Receipts.

1906.

1907. Increase. Decrease.

Expenditure.

1906.

1907.

Increase. Decrease.

$

$

ន

$

Sale of Stamps. Hongkong,...

Du.. at the / Agencies, ... 1

Unpaid Postage,

!

6,763.24

275.158.77 289,189.26 14,030,49

106.189.51114.861.67 8.672.16

Transit Payments to the United Kingdom,

17,056.45 6,739.70

10,916.75

5,875.87

1,387.87

Transit Payments to other Coun- tries,

45,128.85

45.164.12

24.73

Boxholders Fees, 7.480.82 7,601.20 120.88

Gratuities

Profit on Ex-

change on Money Order transactions,

Interest

Commission on

14.613,16 14.045.11

Money Orders, j

9,665.76 12,781.98 3.116.22

568.05

to Shipmasters for the conveyance of Mails...

3.799.99 4.09138

291.39

Contribution to

wards P. & 0. Subsidy,

| 116,418.94, 116.430.19

11.25

Commission

on)

on

Money Order

546.73

1,458.48

911.70

Fund,

2,112.72 1.962.27 Money Orders,.

Working Expenses, 174,367.13 192,124.81

150.45

17,757.0$

Void Money

Orders and Postal Notes,

36.55

107.90

71.35

Total Receipts, ... 420,454.04 445,420.92 26,922.80

Totals. $ 420.454.04 | 445,420.92

1,955.92 Total Expenditure, 339.484.08 | 266,432.47 18,000.32 : 11,091.93

Profit,

| 60,969.96 78,968.45!

Totals,

........$ 420,454.04 · 445,420.02