§ SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)I beg to ask the Postmaster General whether he can state in round numbers the quantities of mail matter despatched from this country to Hong Kong, Shanghai, other Chinese ports, and Japan respectively; and the routes by which the respective quantities are despatched?
§ SIR H. MAXWELLThe weight of mails despatched by the respective routes may be taken approximately as follows:—
| BY SUEZ CANAL, WEEKLY— | ||
| For | Letters | Printed matter, &c. |
| lbs. | lbs. | |
| Hong Kong | 100 | 1,000 |
| Shanghai | 70 | 600 |
| Other parts of China | 14 | 150 |
| Japan | 43 | 600 |