The following Correspondence and letter to the Post-Master General have been sent to us for publication Suaxcuar Gexenan Caamper oF Cosnrence, Shanghai, 23rd February, 1888, Sm,—Referring to your letter of Slet January last with regard to the measures to be adopted for obtaining an alteration the dates of departure of the English Mails during the South West Monsoon, 1 now beg to hand you a letter te H. M. Post-Master General on the subject, which has been signed by a large portion of the Mercantile Community and others, at this port. In accordance with your kind offer shall be obliged if you will be good enough to forward it to your Directors, and ask them to present' it to the Post-Master General on behalf of the Community, Lhave the honour to be, Your obedient servant, (Sd) E. H, Lavens, Chairman. H. H. Josken, Esq., Agent, P. & O. Go., Shanghai, Shanghai, 24th Feb., 1888, Sm,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date handing memorial to Her Majesty's Postmaster General, signed by a large portion of the Mercantile Community and others at this port, reaeeting that the intended day of despatch of the Company's homeward-bound mail packets, during the 8.W. monsoon, may be changed frum Tuesday to the previous Saturday.
T will as desired forward this memorial to ly Directors, by the outgoing mail, with a request that' they will present it to the Postmaster General and use their best endeavours to further the views of the Com munity as therein expressed.
have the honour to be, Your obedient servant, Agents E. H. Lavens, Esq, Chairman, Shanghai General Chamber of Commors Sur,—In November 1878 the Rfereantite Shanghai, 23rd February, 1888,
Community of this port addressed a Meio rial to the Right Honourable: Lord Joh Robert Manners, then H.M, Post-Master General pointing out the inconvenienvs which would arise from some intended alterations in the day of departure of thie mails from Shanghai which would neces sitate Sunday work and his Lordship was good enough to authorise the changes Which were asked for.
We the undersigned members of the same mercantile body now beg to draw your attention to some further changes in the Postal service from this port which are regularity of our communication with ikely, if carried out, to interfere with the
For years past it lus boon customary that the English and French mail steamers should leave at weekly intervals, and their departures were so arranged that Sundays would be days of rest, but it is understood that while, by the new regulations to come into force' in May next, the French mail steamers will leave throughout the year on Saturday mornings early, the English mail is to leave on Saturday morning only during the N-E. monsoon, but during the'S, W,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.