The parcels post has been discontinued the past year or so Two or three months ago an attempt was made to put it through again. Heavy mail was sent from Chungking and got as far as Chi-chiang. The official there professed he was unable to give it due protection to his border and it was: sent to Chungking. The light mails with newspapers, ete., come along all right because it ix known that there is nothing valuable the bags. The reason openly set forth by people is that the soldiers are not to be trusted. Much loss and inconvenience to the merchants here is the result. Parcels for Chungking are accepted by the Post Office on the understanding: that they go vid Hankow and Tehang.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.