Phenomenal Progress of Posts and Telegraphs Nanking, Aug. 10.
Phenomenal progress " has been achieved in the development China's postal and telegraphic service, according 0 statistics of the Ministry" of Communications. Once relying on the courier service as the Jsole means of communication, the country now boasts 500,000. kliome: tres of postal routes and 101,283 metres of telegraph lines. In_ the matter of express mail, money order, parcel post, registered' mail services, Lower Telegraph Rates Nanking, Aug. 15.
The proposed 36-per cent. reduction of telegraph tariff on all official, commercial, urgent and Dress messages destined within the same province will come into effect on September 1.
'This step is taken with a view to developing telegraph business. 'Meanwhile, steps to reduce the rates for' inter-province tele grams have not yet been considered by, the Ministry of Communieations—Central News, etc. the people are served by thousands of post-offices with courier ines covering a distance of not less than 300,000 Kilometres, With 'a postal commissioner in charge of each of the 22 postal dis-riots, there are now 30" first-class jofices, and 819 and 108 offices of the second and third classes, respectively. Sub-offices total 295, agencies 10,113, town mail boxes 8495, and rural mail boxes 23.735, Equal strides have been made in the telegraphic and wireless service, for there are now in operation 1,394 offices, consisting of 972 telegraph fices, 677 business offices, and 145 gencies. The telegraph ines are 1101,283 kilometres In length.
A significant sign in. connection with the development of the radio service is that it has been extended to such remote provinces as Inner Mongolia, Sikong, Tibet, Kansu, and Chinghul, To weld the border re-together, 20 radiogram emees are now maintained by the Ministry of Comn.unications—Central News,
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