Peking, 27th December, It is stated in Peking that Viceroy Yuan Shi-kai has proposed a scheme for the establishment of a Department of Communications in the capital after the Japanese model, with regulations for the said department. A President is to be appointed to take charge of the new Board, which will have control of the whole postal affairs of the Empire, and will reorganise the present irregular native postal system. The Government has accepted the scheme, but its execution is considered doubtful.—Our correspondent.
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