I am agreeably surprised at the: success of the currency reform in~ troduced by the National troops. The paper money is keeping up to par, even at a premium for some issues, Szechuen bank notes are not wanted here, probably because there is litre direct trade in that direction.
And a surprising turn of conditions is the boost given the Post Office business. Hitherto our Post Omlce has not been allowed to do any considerable money order business because there was no dependable way of remitting the funds to the head office in Kweiyang. Now the troops ested here are ready to take all available funds against orders Kweiyang. And as many of the soldiers are wanting to send money home, the Post Ofice is doing a fine line of business. I am wondering too what has happened in the upper: strata of Post Office administration to use such extension of servic, There is a strong propaganda of COD. mail order service. which will doubtless draw much business. And I was surprised to see in the office the oficial book list, four volumes closely printed with names and descriptions of books which can ordered through the Post Office I don't know what other schemes of increased service are being put into operation. So far as I know the Postal Savings service is not being extended to these far away points. But probably ere long it will, if the long desired unification of the country establishes na-tonal currency.
We hear from various parts. of the province of disorders caused larger bodies of the former Kweichow army who refused to be amalgamated {nto the National army. Apparently they are being hunted down. And no doubt the scattered ruffians of Wang Chia-lich's collection who are operating as local robbers will be put out of business by and by.
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