We have received for publication*from the U. S. Postal Agent in Shanghai the following office order regarding mails addressed to countries foreign to the United~ States and possessions 1.—Hereafter no' mail matter Will be accepted in this office for despatch to countries foreign the United States and possessions.
2.—Mail matter found in, the drop boxes of this office, addressed to countries foreign to the United States and possessions and bearing the sender's address, will be returned to sender; such mail matter not bearing the sender's address will be sent to the Shanghai Chinese Post Office for disposition.
3.—Mail matter received in this ofice for addressees who have left a change of address in a country, foreign to the United States and possessions, will be forwarded as usual, postage collect.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.