Other changes announced by the] postal authorities are the installation of a new type of pillar-box, which has already begun to put i pearance in the central dis which is more spacious than the old) type and the reverting to the green luniform worn before the war by postal messenger. Green and yellow Jare the postal colours and the new equipment of mail carriers will correspond to these.
It is believed that with the new system mis-delivery of letters will minimized, as well as considerable time saved and the carting of mail Simplified. In time, it is hoped, also that parcel stations may be installed at the new post offices where staff of clerks thoroughly understanding English have already been stationed. With the simplified system it will also be possible at a future date to have forwarding] addrestes attended to by the Post Office for anyone making'a change locally. At. present only out of town forwarding addresses can be attended to by the Post Office and this only if there is no one at the hong or residence of the individual desiring to have his mail forwarded to do it for him. The present sys-}tem means the memorizing by Chinese postal clerks of the 2,000 or Bo names which have been left for forwarding addresses.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.