COMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING
The opportunity was taken to introduce the zoning system in airmail rates, which reduces the number of different postage rates from eight to four. The service. for second class airmails and parcel airmails was ex- tended to include most of the more important countries in the world.
The number of mail items handled during the year showed an overall increase, though substantial decreases were recorded for some countries. The total number of items posted in the letter mails was 37,845,993, of which about 32% were for delivery within the Colony; 46% for overseas destinations forwarded by surface means, and 22% by air. The total number of items received from other countries was 31,590,508 of which about 68% were for delivery in Hong Kong and 32% for Kowloon and the New Territories. A total of 2,083,469 registered items were handled during the year. The total for parcels was 370,935, this was 6,095 more than in 1951.
Local Christmas postings between December 15th and 24th, 1952, reached an all-time record of 1,506,673 letters, of which 538,195 were posted on December 22nd and 23rd. Parcels for Christmas delivery in Great Britain, despatched from Hong Kong during October, totalled 11,524.
Business in both money orders and postal orders again showed a substantial increase; money orders issued and paid during the year amounted to $2,025,877 as compared with $1,742,615 in 1951, and postal orders to $1,012,245 compared with $769,037 last year, an approximate overall increase of 20%.
The sale of postage and revenue stamps during 1952 amounted to $16,887,087, an increase of $1,540,948 over 1951.
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