Arrangements have been completed by the Post Office for the despatch of Christmas and New Year mails to Europe, the United States and Australia. The N-Y.K. s, Fushimi Maru will carry the first batch from Shanghai on November 5, which will reach London on December 9, while the last batch will be carried in the Lloyd Triestino s. Conte Verde on December 6, arriving in London on December Letters also may be sent vio Siberia. The first consignment will bbe "despatched on December 3, and the letters will arrive in Moscow on December 15; Paris and London December 18. The last batch wit! be sent on December 17, which will rach Moscow on December 29; Paris and London January 1.
The first consignment of malls 10 Canada and the United States via Pacific will be carried in the C.P.It. s, Empress of Asia on November 17, arriving in Victoria or Vancouver on December 2, and Seattle the same The Dollar liner President here on November 23, delivering Shanghai mails at San. Francisco on December 10, The consignment for Seattle will be carried by the s. President Jackson fon December 10, reaching the destination on December 24. parcels for London Letters to Australia will be carried by the s. President Pierce, s. Hector, '8, Menelaus, and s. Terukuni Maru, Teaving here on December 9, 17, and 23, and December 3, arriving in Sydney on December 2 12, 19, and 25, respectively. Both "the s. President Pierce and s. Menelaus take parcels for Australia, Parcels will reach London on December 16, 19, 27, 28, 22, and January 3, delivered by the following steamers respectively:—Fushimt Maru, Rawalpindi, Hector, Hakozali Mary, Scharnhorst, and Corfu. Those vessels will leave Shanghai on. November 5, 12, 17, 19, 20, and 26, respectively.
Shanghai mails to be delivered in London nearest to Christmas should bbe despatched in the s. Chenonceaux, s. Hector, and s. Hakozaki Maru The Chenonceaux and Hector will leave here on November 16 and 17, respectively, both delivering mails in London on December 20, while the Hakozaki Maru will leave on November 19, reaching London December 22. Letters sent vi Siberia on December 10 are due to, in London on Christmas Day.
Malls for America, Only four steamers will carry mails to San Francisco during the holiday period. They are the President Pierce, Chichibu Maru, President Collidge, and General Sherman, which will leave Shanghai November 23, and 30 for the first two steamers, December 3 for the latter two. "The mails are duc in San Francisco on December 10, 18, 18, and 22, respectively.
Parcels to be sent to Seattle will be carried by the Empress of Asia, President Jefferson, Empress of Canada, and President Jackson, which will leave on November 17, 28, December 1. and 10, arriving in Seattle on December 2, 10, 18, and U4, respectively. The General Sherman will carry parcels for Son Francisco on December 3, which will etch their destination on December °N.-€. Herald" Photo.
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