ENG-1963 — Page 531

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APPENDICES

Appendix X-Contd

(Chapter 17: Communications)

Postal Traffic

465

1962

1963

Number of post offices

29

35

Total revenue

$82 m

$75 m

Value of remittance business (money orders and

postal orders issued and paid)

$40 m

$47 m

Wireless licences issued

Direct despatches received:

Letter mails surface

Letter mails air

143,689

144,922

83

86

104

106

Parcel mails surface

62

65

***

***

+

Parcel mails air

Direct despatches made:

Letter mails surface

Letter mails air

Parcel mails surface

Parcel mails air

Tons of mail by air (despatched)

Bags conveyed by Kowloon-Canton Railway

Telegraph and Radio Traffic

45

50

115

--118

...

...

77

81

+

128

133

52

50

893

1,107

539,645

511,382

1962

1963

Telegrams accepted for transmission

1,061,667

1,084,173

Telegrams delivered

1,313,311

1,300,926

Telegrams handled in transit ...

766,508

766,473

Telex calls-Outward minutes

170,544

258,926

Telex calls-Inward minutes

204,045

300,527

Telex calls-Relayed minutes...

29,641

56,302

Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Outward minutes...

465,201

481,930

Overseas Radiotelephone calls-Inward minutes

674,504

681,871

Radio Pictures-Transmitted...

Radio Pictures-Received

Harbourphone calls

Press Broadcasts-Number of hours

70

210

3,178

6,183

·

52,459

355,603

26,594

26,761

...

Meteorological Broadcasts-Number of hours

Inland Telegrams

71,731

76,244

...

4,905

5,081

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