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	Table 411 (Soc., Infra., Tele.,)
	Postal Services (1985-1997)
	Soc 411e
Year                 Item		1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
General
Post Offices		473	487	495	508	511	515	527	534	544	557	562	573	575
Sub Post Offices		3,200	3,221	3,262	3,321	3,330	3,349	3,357	3,357	3,351	3,375	3,404	3,452	3,453
Agency Post Offices (Private)		-	-	-	-	-	81	98	127	147	173	182	196	212
Delivery Areas (Sq km)		6,612	6,614	6,621	6,621	6,630	6,636	6,729	6,729	6,729	6,729	6,729	6,729	6,729
Area Served by a Post Office(Sq km)		18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15
Population Served by a Post Office		4,305	4,321	4,335	4,306	4,406	4,398	4,450	4,374	4,336	4,365	4,393	4,339	4,326
Letters Per Inhabitant		42	37	35	32	28	29	28	25	26	27	27	27	24
Domestic Mail (x1,000)
Letters		460,498	460,404	446,098	453,789	345,239	375,812	375,221	31,679	340,650	375,293	316,008	327,711	333,157
Post Cards		43,279	41,911	40,735	33,538	25,944	28,641	27,732	26,090	22,926	23,902	16,764	17,064	17,796
News Papers		42,466	35,650	25,587	18,668	11,074	12,797	14,446	21,524	19,150	16,557	86,336	92,757	62,907
Express		327	319	295	295	245	231	217	142	166	157	184	201	246
Insured		42	37	32	64	108	59	52	18	126	91	100	80	139
Registered		19,574	29,753	28,003	28,036	28,021	28,223	28,517	29,486	30,876	31,901	32,943	32,305	31,255
Parcels
Parcels (Ordinary)		474	342	314	339	303	297	291	257	284	269	295	297	273
Parcels (Other)		281	327	305	298	258	293	295	236	297	314	309	297	282
Foreign Mail (Outward) (x1,000)
Sea
Letters		178	137	150	408	339	313	286	213	194	144	128	94	87
Post Cards		38	42	72	60	30	30	27	14	13	23	19	28	38
News Papers & Magazines		139	197	351	145	53	48	42	30	32	42	49	66	66
Small Packets		162	137	280	180	34	31	26	20	20	8	9	28	12
Parcels		7	7	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	4	8	8
Air
Letters		21,465	18,953	28,343	34,377	31,976	29,794	28,600	27,098	26,294	26,914	27,115	26,773	27,174
Post Cards		1,803	2,073	2,234	2,777	1,900	1,878	1,654	5,222	4,854	4,946	4,787	4,556	3,433
News Papers & Magazines		346	378	557	829	542	463	511	667	647	653	659	1,006	790
Small Packets		1,691	1,052	332	430	525	515	541	296	324	446	421	318	423
Parcels		6	6	7	7	9	12	12	14	16	17	24	34	32
Foreign Mail (Inward)(x1,000)
Sea
Letters		136	176	184	401	341	334	306	181	177	150	142	132	117
Post Cards		69	69	69	58	26	25	22	12	14	26	24	33	53
News Papers & Magazines		258	273	113	193	115	108	113	60	71	38	46	67	110
Small Packets		263	249	172	183	93	84	87	24	25	37	36	29	37
Parcels		28	27	25	24	25	20	15	13	12	13	12	12	14
Air
Letters		22,153	20,202	28,446	37,384	35,057	33,669	32,638	28,998	30,158	27,580	27,692	27,077	27,424
Post Cards		2,557	2,224	2,399	2,316	2,038	1,962	1,739	2,723	2,827	3,110	2,954	2,169	2,155
News Papers & Magazines		338	367	554	745	768	739	742	1,803	1,767	1,843	2,232	1,795	1,787
Small Packets		825	1,040	404	475	524	530	568	317	353	409	414	415	487
Parcels		45	46	41	39	32	54	40	44	38	42	40	45	49
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka (1998)
Revised:  2008(y)/10(m)/30(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka