ho have been familiar with similar publications, such as the English Postal Guide, published every quarter, the first issue of the Chinese Imperial Postal Cnide will be most, wel-and will com to all who, ico. That it w long felt want will he ely a cursory glance at the last Report issued by the British Postmaster-General shows that a ngo portion of the public are still ant of the rules relating to the trans:
on of letters, newspapers, ete, ete.
'This will be seen from the fiot that s 38,860 letters were posted in the United Kingdom last year without any address, 2,208 of which' contained property to the value of £4,715, no less than 12,143 parcels were found in the Post without any address, the supposition being that the lab attached to them had been rubbed off. 21,323,425 undelivered articles were denlt with during 1897 98, and it specks well for the Past Office that out of 7,699,040 letters, the mumber which could neither be deli: vered to the addr nor returned to the senders was 720,172, or 9 per cent. of the total number of letters dealt with inthe Returned Letter offices. Tt will thas be seen that the failure of letters reaching the persons for whom they were intended is not always the fault of the Post Office, Considering that the people of China have t ated as to be edu how to use a moder ud that many inone Foreign communities have much te leery copy of the Import Postal Guide, con: fami t dows valuable information on lating to Postal matters, will be found indispensable to all, Tt is printed ina lent and handy form and or Chinese
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