Aprit 20. INFORMATION has reached us from Washington of a step recently taken by the United States Post Office Department as rewards mails to the Far East, which is of much importance to recipients of American mail in this part of the world. Briefly put, the design is to compel people sending letters and par-eels to the Far East to use American ships out of Seattle, by giving to the latter a preference of varying numbers of days over ships of foreign line The actual order, which is issue by the Second Assistant Postmaster General and is dated February 12 last, is as follows:—
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