Announcement is made of an increase in postal. charges to! foreign countries which will be introduced on February 1. This is to the effect that registration, ex press. and insurance fees. on "mail matter and parcels to countries other than" Japan, Hongkong, Macao, Korea, the Leased Territory of Kuantung' and Taiwan will increased by one-third" of the present rates and that, the postal fon" parcels for' Japan, Hongkong, Korea, the Leased Territory of Kuantung and Taiwan, will doubled. Parcel for Macao, however, will be the seme as, that for Hongkong.
The increased charge on letters, the "frst unit Of which is 20 grammes or any fraction. thereof, ill be from 15 to 20 cents and for each successive unit ov fraction the Fate will be increased from nine to 12 cents, Charges on singfo postcards will bg raised from to 12 cents and from 18 to, 24 cents will be the increase on double postcards in the case of -newspaders, the sage will be from three to' fous for each 0 grammes, to printed" matter, boo and/or" commercial" papers, minimum charge for' each 50 rammes will be increased from 16 10°20 cents, the rate of the increase being from' three to four cents. The minimum" charge for each 1,000 grammes of papers for the use of {ho blind "likewise. will "be raised from three to four cents.
Tu the matter. of samples, the charge for "each 50. granimes will be increased from six fo eight cents a packet, the rate of the increase being from three to four cents.
Regarding registration, simple reistration fees will be raised. from 15 to 20 cents and registration with return receipts or subsequent "re istration © (with acknowledgment Feceipts) will involve am ineveaso from' 80 to. 40 conte.
Express fees will likewise be i ed from 20 to 40 cents for each article, was informed, ipa the Postal" Commissioners is the reasons for" the increase. of postage was that silver had dropped fo-ite, present abnormal loved, that Ghina's: payments to foreign coun-ries and the steamship companies for the carriage of mail matter for abroad had to yo made in gold, and, 0, that. the International Postal inion fixed its rates in gold,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.