Domestic Letters to Cost Beached Off Astraea Channel More Returns Under Own Steam 'The Chinese Post Office announces that from May i, an increase of the domestic postal rates, including Japan, Korea, the leased territory of Kuantung' and Taiwan, Hongkong and Macao, will be' effected, The postage on local letters will be increased from one to two cents unit of 20 grammes; letters from: four to unit, The increase was contemplated by the Ministry of Communications about two months ago to cover the heavy costs in maintaining the service. According to a spokesman of the Chinese Post Office, the rates, despite the increase, are still the cheapest as compared to those out foreign countries.
"AS the postage on letters to far-countries was increased to 25 cents on July 1, last year, the same rate will remain. The present injerease on domestic rates also excludes the airmail postage in the country.
When the postal service started more than 30 years ago, the postage on domestic letters was for cents. In 1902 this rate was reduced to one cent. Two years Tater this was increased to" two cents. A second increase was effect ed on August 5, 1910, when post age on domestic' letters was three cents instead of two. At the same time, "however, the unit of 16 granimes each letter was increased to 20 grammes, In a circular issued by the Chinese "Post Office prior to August. 5, 1910, the explanation was made that the increase of the rate was. Dalanced by the simultaneous ft crease in weight of domestic letters, Deapite the change, the) circular further, explained, the rates mai tained by China were the cheapest inthe world.
The last increase on domestic letters "was effected on November to four cents. The rate on pos fears was also increased from one feet to. two cents, Irrespective of the many" changes domestic postal rates, the postage on local The Present alterations in the include. those on letters postcards, books, egy nape and receipts for registered articles, ex-cee prac hag Sai hates S80 penn teh"! of ata tad SEE, ati die For Sals St Gets the present tariff according destination.
The registration feo Holed forward as the result of hitting the Amherst Rocks, the str. Kamo returned to pert" on Apr. 23 "after "having "been away exactly 12 hours.
The Kamo is a ship of 3,000 tons fying the British fag, and ig own a Hongkong company. She left Shanghai on Friday afternoon, carrying " general cargo for Taku, and passed Woosung outward bound 4.30 p.m, 'About 10 p.m, the ship hit one of that dangerbas' group, the Ameret Rocks, a few miles from the Fairway Buoy. "Immediate examination showed that she had hit forward, id that water was. coming fast No. 1 hold, but it was decided that the ship would be able to return to Shanghai, with pum working hard to get rid of water coming in through the hole.
On Apr. 28 the ship passed Woo sung at 430 am. came up the Whangpoo a short distance and was beached on the Pootung side, opposite No. 1 Buoy in the Astrea Channel, An examination was made, shortly after the ship was beached, by the Customs Woosung Harbourmaster and a little later the tug Saucy of the Shanghai Tug and Lighter Company" arrived, The Kamo. was later' brought up to the. lower buoys and. is to enter the International Dock for "a, survey. Pumps. ave still at work in the vessel, Cunwese child one month old oat big life in a fire which occurred Wednesday night at 62 Route de Say Zeng. The. fire spread. to /houses on either side, Nos, 48,50, 54 and 50 being affected, and it took the French Fire Brigade 40 minutes to get the flames under control. raised to ton from six cents, and the fee for a return receipt' for roxistered, express articles and parcels of acknowledgment of payment for money orders will be ton instead of six, with the fee subsequent receipt twenty ents instead of twelve,. For Japa Korea, Kuantung and' Taiwan, the above increases apply and the ra fo"Hongkong' ad afacno, wil ala be increased. as above. with refers fence' to letters and postcards, With reference to the charge of cone cent. per unit of 100 grammes books, Printed matter, and come mercial "papers, the existing, rate will remain untouched. for delivery between steam-served places trans fed throughout by. stant Vices, except, to, from and between offices." in Kansu (Tsinghat and Ningsia), Shensi, Szechuan, Yune nan or Kueiehovt, The same rate will also remain for transmission provinces not "contiguous to" the province of posting and reached wholly or partly by courier,
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