All the way up the Canal are large and busy towns, and the Imperinl Post Office under Mr. Washbrooke's vigorous_management is opening up a line of stations right away to Peking. At this end, offices have now been opened up gat Yangchow, Kaoyu, Husian, Tsingkiangpu, Heiichou, and Maierchuang. These in turn connect with Ichoufu, and thence northwards to Tientsin. These offices are a great convenience to travellers and will be to residents when they once appreciate it. For instance, the native post-offices charge 400 cush to send a letter from one of these cities to Peking, while the I. C. P. only charges 20 cush. 1, the native post officenonly send on their mail when sufficient, has been collected.to warrant the despatch of x messenger; the I. C. P, forward theirs every day, whether there be 100 letters or only one. "It will take some little time, of course, to get this system under way, but I learn that, at one of the offices only opened a fortnight ago, wome,40 ofers are, being ported every diy. These offices will pay itu P. carries on its operahtened way and keeps close foreign supervision of the native employes.
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