The decrease in the number of money orders tesued wag not gret $320,400 as against 5409, Value decreased by nearly, $20,000,000 which can, without doubt, be ascribed fo. the uncertain business conditions during the year. Of this total, the Ssu-Wan district accounted for' the largest amount, over double that of Shanghai, which, as a matter of fact, took third. place, Shantung district [being second. Ssu-Wan sued $33,- '727,400, Shantung $18,585800 and Shanghai $16572,500. star The report contains the following with regard to the foreign and Chinese staffs:
"At the end of June, 1933, the Chinese staff consisted of ten commis-loners, 22 deputy commissioners (of whom three were seting as commis-loners), 4998 yn-wu-yuan (29 of Whom were acting as deputy commissioners), 40 miscellaneous (three Graughtsmen, 20 shroffs, four copy folders, three mi-chu, and one mechanical supervisor), 4022 yuswu-$0. Cineluding four copyists and one calculating Machine Operator), 9.46 kent, 7450 postmen (6,091 ordinary 780 rural), 5,030 couriers, 388 laodabs, sailors, ete. 1,082 tingeh'al, thd. 2543" miscellaneous employees, a {otal of 36.101, as against 24792 at the end of Jun "At the end of Juno, the foreign staff 1932. consisted of one chief inspecting commissioner, thirteen commissioners, fsleven deputy commissioners (of whom six. were acting as commis sioners), sixteen yuswu-vian (ten of whom were acting as deputy commissioners), and one service buildings surveyor.
Withdrawals from the Service during the year of employees of and above. the rank of yuwu-vian through resignation, retirement, death, Aischarge, dumissal, and men being paid of or invalided numbered 403 including seven foreigners). The number of yn-wu-yuan appointed during the year war only two, this extraordinary eihall number being due the evacuation of stof from the Three Eastern Provinces.
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