In view of the fact that_on November 30 next the British Post Office will cease to carry on business in Shanghai, Mr. T. Har-borne, H.B.M. Postmaster, has issued the following notification Private box holders will not have access to their boxes after the above date, The direct despatches at present received here from foreign countries will cease to arrive. after the end of October. Direct despatches from London to the B.P.O., Shanghai, will not be made after September 30 next. Hongkong will cease to despatch mails to this office on November 15.
Mails will be despatched from this office to all places, excluding British Agencies in China, up to November 30. The despatch of mails to British Agencies in Ohina will cease on November 15. Trade charges on parcels, and Customs duty deposits, will no longer be accepted.
Local Postal Notes will be cashed up to November 30. Local] Postal Notes will not be issued payable at British Agencies in China after November 15, but they will be issued able in Hongkong up to November 30. Money Orders will be issued up to November 30. Imperial Postal Notes (Postal Orders) will be issued and cashed up to November 30.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.