Isolated cases of Jetters taking years to reach their destination provide information for the public of the curious lapses which occur in big Jorganizations but it is to be hoped that the Chinese Post Office will not shelter behind this attitude in explaining.some of the recent postal delays. "An express letter posted in Tsingtao has turned up at its destin tion in Shanghai exactly five days after. the writer of the letter had returned from his summer holiday. Posted on July 22, and containing important information which the [writer desired should be conveyed to the addressee post haste, the letter was finally delivered at the Shanghai address of a well-known com August 2. In the meantime graphic explanations had to be made to straighten out the matter. Another lease to hand concerns an air mai letter sent. by the fastest route possible to save time on a business matter. It took four days t reach Tsingtao from Shanghai and, in the meantime, the writer was' able to proceed leisurely to Tsingtao by steamer in time to be present for its delivery. It would be incorrect to say that these instances are typical of the Chinese postal service but they do indicate the necessity for a thorough investigation of the quick delivery services to which the public resort but often derive no benefit,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.