Something of more interest to foreigners is the Chinese Imperial post, which is very soon to be established right up as far as Bevan, a young man from the local office at Wuhu having visited all the important cities from Wuhu en route to Choukiakou, At first nothing very elaborate is aimed at, and all the work will be done by runners, but it will certainly "come asa boon and a blessing to men" to have it mail matter conveyed to their very xs right in the interior by some responsible "gency which knows more laws than the caprice of its own will. At first local business men living in the cities are to be made postmasters, receiving ubout 40 per cent of stamps sold, while couriers will be ran, presumably at Government expense, from city to city. Of course there is 'a maximum at which 50 per cent will cease, and no local shopkeeper will be able to make more than $7.50 per month, and at first it certainly will be much less than this,
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