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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Jul 11, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 28.

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By C. N. Woodward

If those who have friends or relatives among the workers in China will take notice of the following advice, it will be a benefit both to them and to their friends in this field.
First, with reference to mail. All mail addressed to persons in Shanghai, in care of the United States Postal Agency, needs only the same amount of postage as to any point in the United States; but if, on account of uncertainty as to their address, mail is sent to Shanghai for persons in the interior, with only domestic postage, it has to be restamped here. But mail that has the amount of postage required by the postal union,—that is, five cents for letters and two cents for postal cards,—can be forwarded from this place to the interior without extra charge.
Many of our workers are subscribers of local or union conference papers to be sent to Shanghai and forwarded. Some of these always reach here bearing one-cent stamps. If these papers have been entered as regular second-class matter at the place where issued, as most of them have been, it is not necessary to put a stamp on them, any more than when mailed to points in the United States, as all domestic rates apply to Shanghai. If postmasters ask that such papers be stamped, they should be referred to the postal regulations which make the matter very plain.
Many of our friends in the States, particularly in the Pacific States, have sent contributions of fruit and other things for the comfort of the workers here. We would like to request that in the future, to assist us in passing these gifts through the Chinese customs, a complete list of the goods, giving value, together with the bill of lading, be sent to the undersigned as soon as the goods are shipped. This will enable us to give information to the customs officials as to the contents and value of each package, and will greatly assist us in passing them into the country.
C. N. WOODWARD, Treasurer China Union Mission.