'THE OHINESE POSTAL SCHEME, Lhe following Special Despatch in the Journal of Commerce of New York—China will soon have a ational postal servic of her own, and will ti member of the universal unit At present all postal communi tween the rest of the world through postal ayeucies whic tablished at Shanghai by the States Groat Britain, France and J: and at other treaty ports as follows: By Grout Britain, ut Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Fovchow, Ningpo and Hankow: by Tapau, at Fusatups, Genzanschi id at Last summer Kopalt, Imperial Chinese Commi Customs, having been appointed Postal Commissioner for China, addressed " communication to the representatives treaty powers, announcing 1 nary, to and betwoon all teenty ports. the treaty powers to withdraw their agencies, and he desired to know whether they would be milling to do so, In his letter to the Postmast of the United States, which is dated August 19th, 1886, he desired not only to know whether this country would withdraw the postal agency at Shanghai, and whether would be possible to do so by January Ist, 1887, the date upon which he wished the new service to begin, but aleo what pro uof the postage, prepaid on matters ina, would have to be paid by United States for transi whicl 8 many minor administrative consideration of the latter point, details, has delayed a decision for some time, but to-day the Pystmaster-General ducted Superintendent of Foreign Mails Bell to inform the United States Conaul-General at Shang also the postal leasuire to learn Postal Agency at Si nghai will be ordered as soon as the Chinese Postal Administration is ready to supersede it. 0 portal service Ready to enter the Pustal Union, correspondence for the United States can be la Hongkong or Japan, subject to the Postal Uni the United States aus port the 0 mails across the America continent at the rates paid now by Great Brits the same time it should be uuderlly prepaid correspondence originating either in China or the United and addressed to the other should be reciprocally delivered without charge, Phe Postmaster-General concludes by sa} ing that the satisfaction with which he will order the withdrawl of the United States Postal Agency at Shanghai, in consequence of the inauguration of the National Pest Office of China, will be exceeded only by his pleasure when the announcement is made tat the Empire of China has entered Telegraph Messages 1883-4 £ 401,000 1884-5, 461,800 Sale of Postage Stamps 1883-4 5, 650,800 1884-5, 680,000 Savings Banks; The leading facts about them are Amount, 1877-8 1884.5, by deal to the universal Postal Union. operation at the ona treaty ports 38 soon after January Ist as the Chinese Government can make the necessary arrangements, All of the four treaty powers have wow agreed to withdraw their post offices at the treaty ports whenever the Qhinewe Government ie ready to supersede them.
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