Show chinese mall mail service the malls ro china are different from the postal arrangements of any other country in the world in china the mall mail service Is not in the hands of the government ern ment but la Is left to private persons persona to establish postal connection how and wherever er they please anybody may open a store and hang out a sign advertising that he be Is ready to accept letters letter to be forwarded to certain places or countries the result of this arrangement la Is that in populous towns there are a great number of persons accepting letters to be forwarded to all parts of the country at shanghai for instance there are not less than thirty five hundred stores competing with each other and carrying on a war to the knife as far as rates are concerned this system although having great faults has some good qualities there are several parties accepting letters in one tie certain town the chinese merchant who writes letters two or three times will patronize several of the concerns and asks his correspondent to inform him which he be got quickest having experimented tor a while he will select the firm giving the best service but he always has haa the choice of several malling mailing agencies for his bis correspondence |