the excellent "China To-day Series" "has now been included a most comprehensive record of the progress of "China's Postal and other Communications Services" by Dr. Chu Chia-hus, formerly Minister of Communications and now Chafrman of Chekiang. In covering the exten sive round of the Activities of Chinese Post Oftlce Dr. Chu Chia-hua gives historical account of the origins of the postal and telegraph services and then outlines the working of the administration" to-day. Airmail developments are remark-fable, $0 to0 are the beneficent Inbours fof the Postal Remittances and Sav-Inge Bank which at the end of June 1996 had total deposits of nearly $53%4 million, "Marine and Navigation Administration" is the heading of a chapter which, among other matters, describes the reorganization of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company from its conversion to, Slate enterprise, frst management of Mr, 0. S, Liew and later, as at present, under Mfr. J. Choy whose reforms have included the abolition of the compradore sy tom which accrued from the success ful introduction of pursers into the Company's new ships. The complete abolition came to pass in February 1836, but it carried a compromise which involved the reappointment of the old compradores as pursers Business managers drawing a fixed salary from the head ofice, The teaboy nuisance has been tacked and of a total oF 600, 180 -boy's fotind be "unlit or otherwise undesirable" crews. Asa convinced believer in the commercial audit of government accounts the author naturally concludes fu interesting survey with a valuable exposition of an approved accounting, system,
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