Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — China’s Postal System. [ARTICLE]

China’s Postal System.

A writer in a Shanghai newspaper recently, describing the Chinese postal system, observes that China has never considered the conveyance of the correspondence of the people as a necessary function of government. This is provided for by postal establishments, which arp to be found in every town of any size, and Europeans in the interior who have to use them report favorably of the system and repose considerable confidence in it. It offers some advantages even over Western postal systems. All letters carried are practically registered and the contents insured to the full value without extra fee, and great latitude is allowed in regard to weight. Letters need not be stamped beforehand; the rule is to keep current accounts with customers, which are settled monthly. The Bank of Paris is said to bars offered Rntaia a loan of W 0,00,030 at foot per cent.