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GLOSSARY
OF THE

PRINCIPAL CHINESE

EXPRESSIONS

OCCURRING IN

POSTAL DOCUMENTS.

COMPILED BY

J.

W.

H.

FERGUSON.

Published by Order of the Inspector General of Customs and Posts.

SHANGHAI:
Statistical Department

OF THE

Inspectorate General of Customs.


1906.

3 oo'?7Z

"^M

PL
p32

INTRODUCTION.
So

far

no attempt has been made

to collect the various

phrases and technical terms which are constantly met with


in

Chinese versions of postal

the

spondence on postal matters, and

would be useful

to have, in a

and

publications

it

occurred to

me

corre-

that

compact shape, ready

it

for re-

ference, a collection of the principal postal expressions; this

would promote uniformity in the terms used at the various

same time aid postal employes who study

ports and at the

Chinese in mastering the postal phraseology.

While

Peking

at

herewith

some 500 expressions formhave the honour to submit to you

I collected

ing the manuscript which


afterwards, at

Hankow and

here at Lungchow, the

Index was prepared and the sentences arranged and recopied


in

alpiiabetical

All

order.

the

expressions are

They were picked out while

use.

in current

carefully reading, with a

Chinese teacher, through everything that so far has appeared


in

concerning postal matters, such

print

version of the

"

Postal Guide," I.G.

as

the

Chinese

Postal Circulars, Postal

Secretary's Circulars, despatches on postal matters

exchanged
between the Inspectora'te and the Wai-wu Pu, "Instructions
to Postal Clerks,"

"Native Postal Hong Regulations," "Box

Office Regulations,"
officials

when new

The
claim

as

it

is

presented

be exhaustive

to

proceed,

list

some 75 Proclamations issued by Chinese


opened inland, etc.

Offices were

it

now does not

lay the least

taken as a basis from which to

can be easily improved upon and enlarged.

may add

that

the

manuscript was submitted for

criticism to the Postmasters at

Hankow and

kindly approved of the plan, and, in

fact,

Shanghai.
it

couragement whicli makes m^v^iUure to-day

Both

was their ento request

you

ii

to

be good enough to forward

in its present

still

limited size

someone

to the Inspector General.


it

is

If

not deemed of sufficient

it

might possibly be entrusted

else better qualified

than myself to bring the task

use to warrant publication,


to

it

to a successful issue.

J.

W. H.

FERGUSON,
Third AssiMant, A.

LuNGCHOW,

6ih

August

1905.

GLOSSARY.
1.

An

tzu cliia pei so

ch'ieii

To demand double

the defi-

ciency in postage; to tax.


2.

An

yu chang: =f

hsi

Well versed

mn.'

in

thoroughly
with

postal

Office

Journal,

conversant
regulations.

3.

An jili

teng chi ch'ing tan

Inland

Post

[/-59J4.

An

tzu:

"

ff.

Steam-zone " postage.

Vide

No. 2o6.)
5.

Ch'a shou

"

I(^.

To

examine

and

receive

(a phrase often written

on

name

Chinese covers after


of addressee).
6.

Ch'ai hsin

7.

Ch'ai tung

To open a

fg.

hen chi

|}^

letter.

Traces of having been opened

and tampered
8.

Ch'ai

9.

Chan pu

fei

raa

^^^.

To despatch an express courier.


To paste

f,^ ||.

with.

a piece of

paper over

a wrongly written word in

order to rewrite
10.

Chan

11.

Chang

12.

Chang pu

13.

Chao

14.

Ch'ao p'iao

hsin p'iao

t'ieh

mu tan

p'ai

|g

||.

To

affix

postage stamps.

Accounts.

^ ff

Account book.

^g f^.

it.

signboard (perpendicular).

Money Order; Remittance Cer-

^p ^.

tificate.

15.

Ch'e tiao

kung shih

IVPJ

To withdraw

or transfer Post-

al Clerks.

16.

Cheng" chieh yaiig yiian

"Clean"
to "

17. Cli'eng hsin

cli'ai

||

City

dollars

as

chopped "

opposed

dollars.

(who

letter-carrier

dis-

tributes local correspondence).


18.

Ch'eng pan yu

\vu

5^

|{f

To undertake

mm-

(e.g.,

su

19. Cli'eng

cli'ing

ciiieh

postal business

to act as Postal Agent).

To report the circumstances

of

a case.

i^^

20.

Chi mi

21.

Chi hsin jen

22.

Chi chien jen

23.
24.
25.
26.

hsiii

cliih

chii

Receipt issued to the sender

Postage.
Tariff of Postage.

^.

To send a

Chi hsin ch'ing tan

letter.

of a registered article.

fei

confidential letter.

Sender of a

^- jg A-

t # A fl MChi
^ ^.
Chi
tan ^ ^
Ciii hshi
^ ff.
fei

H-

^ f=

Letter

letter.

[/. i].

Bill,

rim
27.

Clii

ti

wai kuo chih yu

chien:

Outward

^M^hmiLm

international

mail

matter.

#
28.

Chi yu chien che:

t
29. Ch'i feng:

^^#

^ ^.

Sender of a postal

To

seal partly

of paper

other

article.

on one piece

and partly on an-

(e.g.,

the seal put on

the back of an envelope to

keep
30. Ch'i lisin

31. Chia kai

To open a

j^ fg.

huo

ch'i

^p

31.Chia chin hsin chien:

^
jj^j

To

An

closed).

it

letter.

seal.

express

letter.

32.

Chiang

mien yu

lisin

chieh

ch'li

{ff (=

p'iao

to

To detach

remove

stamps

]iostage

ii5

tlie

from

an

envelope.

To transmit

33.

Chiao cbi

34.

Chiao ehi chih shih

35.

Chiao chi wen hsin

^.
:

^^

At

^^

To post

the time of posting.

hand

to

letters for

transmission.

>^ In36.

send by post.

to

Chiao min chii chuan chi

To hand
hong

to

a Native

letter

for

further

trans-

mission.
37.

Chiao

chli wii

tai

^ f^

To hand over charge

of a Post

Office.

38.

Chiao ko

pii

ch'ing

|f |g

Confused

disorder

in

(as

badly kept accounts).


39.

Chiao

fei

Fee asked (by

#.

Wfl

for

letter

transmission

hongs)
of

cor-

respondence.
40.

Chiao chun

41.

Ch'iang ling

fa

na yu tzu

ma

i^

yii

hsien fu

gg

^ f| ^

Adjusted standard vveig] its.

Prepayment

of postage

is

com-

pulsory.

#mm%
42.

Chieh hsin chih shih

At the time

of receiving

letter.

43.

Chieh shou

chii

^I|^^.

The

receiving Office

Office of

destination.
44.

Chieh

t'i

chu wu

^^

To take over charge

of a Post

Office.

45.

Chieh

liu

yu chien

^^

To detain

to intercept mail

matter.

46.

Chien:

To close

up (frequently

to seal

written on

cover of a

tlie

letter after the cliaracters

name

giving

47.

Chien

cliih

48.

Chien

sliou tzti tao

Fancy note paper.

i|g.

of sender).

i^

To

what one has been

steal

told to look after; to

em-

bezzle.
49.

Chien

chuan sung yu

ch'ii

To

mmnumk^

chien:

sort " forward" correspond-

for

ence

further

trans-

missioji.

50.

Chien hsin

51.

Ch'ien tzu

^ ^.

A
A

^.

letter of introduction.

red slip of paper pasted on

the cover of a letter or par-

on which the address

cel,
is

52.

Ch'ien tzu

To

f^.

written.

sign

to affix one's signa-

ture.

53.

Ch'ien ya:

54.

Ch'ien mien

55.

Ch'ien p'ai

(Same

jljl.

-^

The

"jg.

kung

shih:

jf;

as No. 52.)

face of a cover.

To send

to

appoint

I'ostal

Clerks.
56.

Ch'ien tzu: ^C

Insufficient postage

"

postage

due."
57. Ch'ien tzu

chao

t'ieh

Taxed

Mail

Matter

Memo.,

[I.-67].
58.

Cli'ien tzu p'iao

59.

Ch'ien

tzti

^W

yu chien

'f^.

y^

"

Postage-due

"

Insufficiently

stamp.
pre[)aid

mail

matter.
60.

Chih chao ch'uan

61.

Chih yu

^0

^^[
:

\vu tan

Mistake Label,

m mf;

ffj.

[/.

72]

and

[^-73]-

To

establish a postal service.

62.

Chin cluing: Jy

Weight-

||.

63. Cli'in slion ch'ai k'ai

iB

To

open

personally

fM-

64.

Ching

65.

Ch'ingsuanchnngmu

66.

Ch'ing ch'a

k'lian

|f

sliih

chien tan

To

settle accounts.

Application for Missing

Mail

[I. 86]
Ch'ing

hui yu chien

clii

chih chii: ||

68.

HI

Demand

Matter,

" tracer."

to return

Mail Matter,

Application to withdraw Mail

m ^ m M

chii:

Do-

[/-54]-

i|5

Ch'ing ch'e hui yu chien


ci.ih

Diameter.

mestic

67.

(as

letter).

Matter, [/. 53]-

# ft M69. Ch'ing chuati chi

yu chien

chih chii: ff II

70. Cli'ing

Correspondence,

il5

[/.

82].

mkou hui

p'iao

pao

Money Order Memo,

^ M ^ fS m-

tan: If
71.

Ch'ing hug shih yang tan

72.

Chiu

ti

Application for Redirection of

t'ou

sung:

]^

ticulars, [/.

of Par-

16].

Requisition for forms.

To

deliver on the spot; local


distribution.

73.

Ch'ou hsiang

74.

Ch'ou hao

fjj :g.

IW M.

gratuity.

To reward
formed

for
;

services

per-

a commission (as

on sale of stamps).
75.

Chu

chien fen chi

76.

Chu

chih

j^

f{:

To send

to transmit

separ-

ately (a decouvert).
:

j.

Address

residence.

77.

Chu hua ko kuo

78.

Chiian chi

79.

Chiian chi chti

AUen

chu

^ ^.

||

Post Offices in China.

To forward on

^.

f|

yii

to re-forward.

The transmitting
intermediary

80. Cliuaiichi

t'achuyuchien:

81.

Ch'uan chi

82.

Ch'nan tan

yiin fei

1^

an

Redirected mail matter.

Transit charges.

^.

f|

Office

Office.

notice

circular

an

"

ex-

press."
83.

Ch'uan

wen han

ti

f jg

To transmit to forward correspondence.

3St Hi-

84.

Chuang

cli'eng

m^m

tsuug pao

H-

Chuang

86.

Ch'iiaug chi yu cheng


:

iij

yil lian

^ is

feng nei

gc

t'iao

88.

Ch'uang

89.

C.lnii

yu
90.

To enclose

to

make up

as

an envelope.

postal

regula-

to organise

a Post Office.
||J

To

|^.

ch'a ch'ih chih ytian

-ig^mmm^-

Chung kuo ching

nei

ff

establish

To

91.

Chung

92.

Chii nei pan kuug:

yu chien

to institute.

the cause

investigate

of

delay.

Within

Cbina
ta

in

To inaugurate

m-

slie

Fundamental

n-

Ch'uang pan yu cbeng

mm

closed mail

tions.

87.

iij

a closed mail.

85.

li

the
{i.e.,

boundaries
"

domestic

").

g^

Heavy-weight mail matter.

^ ^

Business

transacted

of

in

the

Post Office.
93.

Ch'ii tzu slien wei

|^

The

postjige
trifiinar.

demanded

is

chang
1'1

94. Cli'uan

sheet of postage stamps.

^
95.

p'iao

yii

Fa chi chieh sliou pao kuo

Register of Parcels despatched

and received.
96.

Fa

chi chti

^ ^.

||

The sending

Office

Office ot

origin.
97.

Fa shou yu

p'iao

98.

Fa yin chih

cliii

|f ^

To

^^

Letter of Advice for

Money

Inland

Office

sell

postage stamps.

sent

to

[7.-60].
99.

Fa

t'ieh

liui

yiii

If 0^

Acknowledgment

of

Payment

(A.P.), [7.-35].

100.

Fang ehia

jih clvi

J^ fg

Holidays.

H 1101. Fei

yu cheiig ch'u so

^^

place Avhere no Post Office

has yet been established;


a locality devoid of postal
facilities.

102. Fei

ban

103. Fei

sung

fH

Fen elm: ^^ ^.

105.

Fen

106.

Fen jun

jen

urgent

important note.

To forward by

f|| ig.

104.

lisin

An

Hi-

A-

fg

A
A

Branch Post

Office.

letter-sorter.

Commission

p.

expre.ss courier.

(as

on

sale

of

stamps).
107.

Fen liang

108.

Feng

cli'ih

cliih

\\

ts'un

u hsti clnen

Weight and dimensions.

The

seals

must

be

firmly.

109.

Feng cliuang
nei:

hsin chien

iH^ m #

To enclose

in a letter.

affixed

110.

Feng cluiang yen mi

Securely closed

enclosed in

a sealed cover.

111.

Feng cliiumg yu

112.

Feng

yn

fa

^HI

tai sliih k'o

^^

Feng

114.

Feng k'ou hsin

k'ou

To

to close

a mail bag.

of closing

and despatch

seal

Hours

JI#

113.

lisin

tai

of mails.

^^

f^

p.

To

$t

f^-

A closed

seal a letter.

letter as opposed to

a postcard.
115.

Feng ku tsung pao

closed mail

mMH

a letter hong's

"clubbed" package.
Face side of a cover.

116.

Feng mien

117.

Feng mien chiao shang

"jg.

corner of the

face

of an

envelope.
118.

Feng

mien:

lioii

p'i

Back

of a cover.

)k ft li-

ng. Feng

t'ao

An

^ ^.

envelope; the cover of a


letter.

120.

Fu

chin tsung chli chili

ting chih ch'u

f^

"

Local

" (i.e.,

5j

under
121.

Fu

122.

Fu sung

lu

^i fi-

which

come

local postage rates).

supplement

To annex,

'^.

places specially

designated

an appendix.

or forward as an

enclosure, to a despatch.
123.

Fu kung

124.

Fu

125.

Fu yu cheng

126.

Fu

127.

Fu

shih

ssu shih

ti

ti

gl] fit

glj

ssu

^.

^.
|ij i|5

Assistant Postal Officer.

Deputy Postmaster.
Interior; inland.

Mikchieh tzu

Candidate Postal Clerk.

iife

Inland, or "inland-zone," postage.

128.

Fu

chti ling ch'ii

mm-

^^

To go and
Office.

fetch at the Post

129.

Hai kuan yen

fei

||

Customs

fee (a fee of 10 cents

formerly levied on

all

postal

parcels passed through the

Customs).
130.

Han

lu tzu fei

^^

postage

Inland

on

corre-

spondence forwarded along


courier lines.

131.

Han pan

132.

Han wen kung

Overland route.

$ISE.

shih

JH

Non-Unguist Clerk.

^ m m133.

Hao pu

134.

Ho

tui

fd
ii

135. Hsia hsien

fi..

To compare

W;.
:

recnster.

to check.

Official titles of addressee of a

^.

despatch.

136. Hsiang pan

mm
137. Hsieh

it

kung

chih k'uan:

chi

!^fs^.

Hsien hsing fu tsu:

140. Hsien

Assistant Postal Clerk.

138. Hsieh hsin che


139.

shih:

{Vide No. 307.)

ming

yii p'iao

;$fe

Grant

The

in aid of expenditure.

writer of a letter.

Prepaid in

New

mmm-

full.

postage stamps

posed to old

141. Hsin shui tan

7JC

||.

and

as

op-

dirty ones.

Inland Post Office Pay Sheet


[7.-68].

142.

Hsin wen chih: ff

f^l .IS-

143.

Hsin wen shu: if

Hi^

A
A

newspaper.

magazine, a periodical publication, or

distinct

A letter.

144. Hsin: ff.

145.

Hsin

ch'ai

a pamphlet as

from a newspaper.

Letter-carrier.

10

146.

Hsin

147.

Hsin feng

148.

Hsin fa

149.

Hsin ban

150.

Hsin

151.

Hsin hsiang

152.

Hsin

cliii

hsi

li

ff

envelope.

Letter-carrier.

f=

letter.

News.

,%,.

ff

An

^.

^.

fg

PostOffice; Native letter hong.

^.

ff

^.

ff

^.

Letter-box.

Fee

^J].

for transmission of letters


(e.g.,

by
153.

Hsin mien
slin

154.

Hsin

p'i tzti

155.

Hsin

tai

156.

Hsin t'ung

hao

p'ien lieh

fs i^

An

^.

ff

cover (as regis-

tration number).

envelope.

Letter bag.

^.

ff
:

?.

bamboo tube
letters safely

157. Hslin ch'a

kung

shih: j^

158.

Hsiin ch'a ssu shih:

159.

Hsun

160.

Hu

ytian

chi hsing

chii
:

jJ^J

conveying

for
;

an envelope.

Inspecting Clerk.

District Inspector.

Inspecting Officer.

j^ p.

demanded

letter hongs).

Number on

m m Wu ^

ff Hi

the postage

sheng ko

S ^ fr W #

^.

To interchange between Offices of

the I.P.O. (in other

words,

"

"

mail

of

mail

domestic

matter).
161.

Hu

chiao yu chien

^m
162.

Hu

t'ou p'ai

Mutual

exchange

matter.
:

^ BM

f^-

Tiger- head

boards

notice

boards

with a

tiger's

(wooden
decorated

head, used

only by Government
fices).

of-

11

163.

Hua

chien

164.

Hua

ya kai ch'o

1*^
:j'^

f^b:

Fancy note paper.

^^

To

sign and seal; to affix one's


signature.

To

165.

Hui

chi

166.

Hiii

fei

167.

Hui

tiii

chii

168.

Hui

till

fei:

169.

Hui

tui yin yiian

170.

Hui yin ho

171.

Hui

%.

gf

^%

remit.

Commission on

Money

issue of

Orders; remittance

:^

ffi

^.

:^

Money Order

fee.

Office.

^.

(Same

^^

To remit money.

gl |^

Money Order Advice

as No. i66.)

1tui chii

yin p'iao

^.

El |^

Remittance
Order,

(M.O.A.).

Money

Certificate,
[/.

34]

bank

draft.

172.

mu

Hui yin shu

^ |g

The amount

remitted.

it @173.

Huo

yu chien

Ki

iX

Mail

%\ #.
174.

Huo

175.

Huo yang

176.

se chia

mu

lei

feng hsin

177. I pao

matter transmitted

"^ /^ |^.

--

chang:

tan

'^'^.

list.

Samples.

fif f^.

price

letter.

Singly,

shu chang:

sheets

single

in

opposed to
178. I pao

by

rail.

"

Sent in packages

newspapers

as

in bundles."

as

several

under

one

wrapper.
179. I ju

yu hui chih kuo

180. I ch'ai

181. I chan:

^.

MiK

g,

Country

in the Postal

Union.

Official horse-courier.

Distance between two post-

houses

a stage.

12

182. I ch'eng:

^ ^.

183. 1 ch'iian

To forward by Government

Postmaster of the Govern-

ment Courier
:

f|

Posts.

Courier Post.
184. I

kuan

p f^-

post station

the Govern-

mentCourier Post for transmission of despatches.


185.

13

201.

Kan chieh

it ^^.

security bond; a voUnitary

aOTeement.
202.

K'an pu mao

203.

Kao

204.

Ko

ti

tzu

chii t'ou

fi
ti

kao pai

Trade advertisements.

chieh nei

rough

To

draft.

distribute inside the district

{i.e.,

within local de-

livery radius).

205.

Ko kuo

shih shii kiing

wen yu

tai

"Diplomatic valises" (sealed

Pl i^ ^-

letter

bags exchanged be-

tween

Legations

the

at

Peking and their respective

206. K'oii an chieh tzu

"

207. K'ou Hii

^n "^

Offices).

Steam-zone " postage.


No.

yu chien

Foreign

To

Vide

4.)

detain

to

mail

keep

matter.
208. K'on shui

fn

To discount

iK.

as

of

dollars

inferior " touch."

209.

Ku kuo

chih chih

^^

The

wrapping

paper

the

wrapper.
210.

Kua hao

chih chli

^ f^

Post Office receipt for registered article.

211.

Kua hao hsin chien ch'ing

212.

Kua hao min

213.

Kua hao
Org

Ml

^^

tsung tan

iS ag
*!:'

chii:

-P.'

Registered Letter

Bill, [/.

2].

Registered postal hong.

Temporary
(given

general

when

articles are

number

handed

multaneously

receipt
of

in si-

for registra-

tion pending issue of se-

parate receipts).

14

214.

Kua

215.

Kuan

liao

yu chien

chii

^ 5^

kung shih

Kegistered postal

Clerk

article.

charge

in

of

Post

Office.

216.

Kuan li fen chu chih

chii

Letter of Appointment for In-

land Postal Clerks, [16$].


217.

Kueichungwu
^k #
Kung Aven: ^

rare

chien: ;^

valuable

despatch

218.

as

article.

opposed

to a

private letter.

yang

219.

K'ung

220.

Kung

221.

Kuo ch'eng chiian

222.

Kuo

nei

yu chien

223.

Kuo

nei

yu tzu

224.

Kuo

wai yu chien

225.

Kuowaiyutzu:

pai shih

shih

Postal Clerk.

t :^.

226. Lai chii hsien

^^

j^

Domestic mail matter.

g F^

Domestic postage.

fl\^

International mail matter.

[i

Blank forms.

^hS5

^ ^

roll

rolled up.

International postage.

To come

to the Office to ofier

advice or make suggestions.


227. Lai chii sao jao

^ ^

To come

to the Office to create

trouble or to annoy.
228. Lai wangchung kuo ching
nei:

229.

Lan

^ f ft P

so chiu tzti

m%
230. Li ch'iian

Between
"

^1 ^.

^^

yu chien

j^

To

places

in

China

domestic."

extort wine-money.

Mail matter under contract.

15

kung
shih:j^^pr^;^it^.

231. Li lien k'o k'ao cliih

Experienced and reliable Clerk.

232. Liang tuan lisien lou cbih

ku kuo

roll

mmmm.

with both ends open (in

order to facilitate examination of contents).

kuo

233. Lien yiieli cliih

m^

A country in

the Postal Union.

m-

ban:

234. Ling cliien hsin

235.'^ LiiJg

^^^

chien san chi

f^

Correspondence d d4couvert.

To send

separately

d decou-

vert.

236. Ling hsing k'ai hsiao tan

^ M li m

Statement of petty cash expenditure.

m-

237. Ling Inian hsin chit: ^^

To take out a new

238. Ling pao cliao

Notice of Parcel lying at Post

mm
239. Liu

cliii

Lou

^|

Office,

W-

cliien

240.

t'ieli

liou ling cbih

yu

-g

^mM

;^

M.

ohi

certificate.

[/. 42].

Posts restante correspondence.

"A

decouvert

;"

not enclosed

in a cover, or, a

cover sent

open.
241.

Lou feng chao sung


i-t

To forward

un<ler flying seal.

Mm

242.

Lu

lu

243.

Lu

tan

244.

Lun

ma
:

ch'ai

^
fei

|^

5&

Lun ch'uan

ti

shui

"^ Mt "^

lu

so

|^

t'ieh

t'ung chih ch'u

LP.O. mounted courier.

Courier

||.

cli'uan chi

ch'eng

245.

Way

Bill.

Maritime transit charges.

Places connected
steamer.

l)y

rail

or

16

246.

Lung

yen chih

t'ou yii

51^.11^1.

p'iao: II

Postage stamps bearing a dragon, a


(i.e.,

247.

Ma

feng

Large

M-

fish,

or a wild goose

the present I.P.O.issue).

official

ally sent

envelopes

usu-

by the Govern-

ment Horse-courier

Post,

hence their name.

^ ^.

248. Manfei:
249.

Man

fei

250.

Mao

251.

Mei chieh

yu tzu

ch'i

Full postage.

MM^

^ ^ M-

p'ai ch'ien

shih ch'ing che

252.

chih

Mei sheng pen ching yu

^^tM^MM^-

chien:

as No. 248.)

Commercial papers.

^@

(Same

Quarterly Return of Clerksin-Charge,

Mail matter

[/.

115].

exchanged

be-

within the

tween Offices
[same province; provincial
mail matter.

253.

Mien

fei

yu chien

^^

Free correspondence

as

marked "On

vers

co-

Postal

Service."

254.

Mien na yu

fei

|g

^j^

To be exempt from paying


postage.

255.

Min

chii

^ ^.

Native posting

Letter hong;

establishment.
256.

Min

257.

Min

kua hao chih

chii

chii

tsung pao:

^^

Letter Hong' License,

[/.

Native closed mail

"

58].

club-

bed" package handed


by a private letter hong.
258.

Ming

259.

Minghsin

260. Nei

ti

chi

BJJ

p'ien:
j^.

To send open

^.
BJJ

fg

>J:.

decouvert.

Postcard.

Inland

the interior.

in

i7

261.

Nei

ti

chi

fei

Inland postage.

^]]'^^^-

Inland Branch Post

262. Neitifenchil: p^ iill^Jfl263.

Nei

ti

fen chii [)an

knng

chieh ch'eng

264.

Nei

265.

wu yu

ti

i>^

lu

charge of Inland

in

Offices.

Roads and waterways

\^

in

the

interior.

cliil

Place in the interior where no

cliih

I.P.O. is yet established.

mtnM]^^)Mtzu
^ ^.

clVu:

266. Nei

Office.

Clerks

for

Instructions

m ^ 5^-

7K

Nei

ko

shiii lu

ti

Domestic

postage

ns

op-

posed to international postage


267.

Neng

268.

Ni ming

269.

Nieh shih pao tan

Money Order

hui p'iao cliih

iaii

^).

(5lb

Office.

t^mU^i:!^-

chit:

lisiii

g^

^g

An anonymous

ft
fi^

letter.

False declaration

as

of con-

tents of a parcel.
270.

Nien

271.

272.

Ou mei yu

yiieli

jib chili ch'o

wai tsung pan:

^b

date-stam[)

Deputy Postal

a dater.

Secretar}'.

m mH i5

i:
273.

Pai pien

274. P'ai

ti

clieng shih

^ S-

i^

signboard (horizontal).

To forward from

^ jg.

station
275.

Pan kiiug shih

276.

Pang

t'ling

chien

^^

ti

|pJ

Europe and

America.

f^

Postal atiairs of

k'o

f)^^

sung vu
il JS

i{5

station

to

in stages.

Office hours.

To

assist

in

forwarding mail

matter (as

Native hongs

assist the I.P.O. in trans-

mitting

mail

matter

to

places where no Office exists).


'6

18

277.

Pao feng

278.

Pao kno

279.

Pao kno

^ M^ ^.

cliiao

The wrapper

A
fei

eliia,

of a parcel.

parcel.

Parcel delivery fee (an extra


lo cents for every

fee of

parcel delivered at the re-

sidence of addressee).
280.

Pao kuo ch'ing tan

281.

Pao kuo ho

282.

Pao kuo hui tan

Q^

Parcel

Way

[/.41].

Bill,

Mmcliin

^g

Value of a

^^

Return Parcel

283.

Pao kuo

284.

Pao kuo pao shui ch'ing

Bill.

lising shili

285.

Pao

286.

Pao hsien tzu

287.

Pao hsien yu chien

288.

Fao

fei:

Customs Declaration,

fei

p.g

|g

1^

(Same

f?jc

An

[/.

40].

as No. 285.)

insured postal

jlt;

article.

courier.

(Same
ti

fee.

To compensate;

,^.

|.

chiao

tz'ii

{|P^

^ ^.

289. P'ei ch'ang


:

Insurance

^.

-j^^

ch'ai

ti

Description of a parcel.

H ^ # M H-

tan:

291. Pi

Way

HI

290. P'ei

parcel.

;i,s

to indemnify.

No. 289.)

To exchange mutually

as

mail matter between two


Offices.

292.

Pi mien

293. P'iao tseng


294.

Pien hao

295. Pien fa

Face of an envelope.

^ ||.

Commission on

chuan

To number

gg,

tan

To

sale of stamps.

to register.

issue a circular notice or

an

"

express."

l^

296. P'iiig

an chia

lisin

^^

a (|uiet or peaceful letter

Lit.,

on

family

quently

business

(fre-

on

written

the

covers of Chinese letters).


297.

Pu

chiao tsung pao yu

Declaration of Native Club-

hed Mails "Late posted,"

tzu ch'ir)g tan

f|

amS t Mm
298.

Pu

ch'ti

chill

shou

lisin

11

[7. 120].

jen

liui

To apply

ft

ment

lit

Pu

sliiii

has been posted.

To make up the

7]<.

silver.

300. Pii chiui ch'e hui

t
301. P'li

an Acknowledg-

of Receipt after the

article

HI fL
299.

for

Z>

May

dilterence in

{Vide No. 364.)

not be withdrawn

as

postal article once posted.

HI-

shang chang kuan

chih ch'o

fI

"

Chop

"

of shop's

manager.

^^^

302.

San chi yu chien

303.

San chiao

304.

San

305.

Shan chiao ssu

clii tai

^^

(Jorrespondence a decoitvert.

^^

To

hand

in

se[)arately

for

transmission.
yeli

-^

Separate sheets.

Mchi

^J

^ ^l ^

To

hand

clandestinely

for

transmission as mail matter sent

by steamer or

rail-

way without having been


passed through the
to

306.

Shan hsing

li

chit

f^

I. P.O.

smuggle.

To be absent from

Office with-

out leave.
307.

Shang hsien

J:

^.

Titles of sender of a despatch.

(Vide No. 135.)


308.

Shang pu tzu

fg ^.

To copy

in a register

to account.

to bring

'^0

309.

Shao

310.

She

311.

Shen pao

312.

Sheng

tai lisin liai>

f^'

To carry

letters.

ft ifli

#m

To estabhsh

it-

tsiing

eliti

To report

to .start.

Head

to

Office.

m-

cli'i

p^

"To

Wi-

for so

and

phrase

fre-

handed up

l)e

so to

open "

(a

quently written on Chinese


envelopes

name

after

of

addressee).
313.

Shou

ch'i

1{^

"To

jgS:.

remark
314.
315.

Shou
Shou

chli

ch'u lisin kuei cliih

Shou

"

as above).

receipt.

To

clear

"

a letter-box.

]^MinmfS-

hsin:
316.

^.

Ij^

and open" (same

receive

fa sliih k'o p'ai

tan

Inland

Way

Courier

Bill,

[7.-84].
317.

Shou hsin jen:

A-

f=

|(^

Recipient

of

letter

ad-

dressee.
318.

Shou hsin jen hui chih


JK:

319.

fg

Return Receipt

HI iL-

Shou pao chih

(for letters)

an A.R., [/. 5]-

chii

Ij^

Parcel Receipt (issued by Post


Office).

320.

Shou pao hui chih


lal

Shou tan

322.

Shou

Addressee's Acknowledgment

tui

i|i ilj

323.

Shou

324.

Shou yin chih

t'iao

^.

IJ^

tao
:

of Receipt (for parcels).

321.

t'iao

Ij^

chii

M^

hui

chii

Money Order Paying

A
:

Ijjc^

Office

Receipt, [/. 34]-

m-

'i^ j^^.

receipt.

receipt.

Acknowledgment
for

Money

Offices,

of

Receipt

sent to Inland

[/. 6o].

325.

21

22

343.

pan fen

Till

cliii

pan

'I'ai

VII

p'u

cense,

[/.

Li-

91].

Inland Postal Agent.

iimmmM-

clieng chli fa

si i

on

To

stamps

sell

the I.P.O.

for

iXM^&Wl^

ynp'iao:

346.

clieng

yii

si.ang:
345.

Inland Box Office Agency

iXm^M

chihcliao:

344. Tai

hu

[)'n

Tan kualiao:

gf. g|.

rern strati on

Sino-le

as

oi)-

posed to registration with


A.R.
347.

Tan ming

m
348.

lisin p'ien

|^

to a re[)ly postcard.

in )

Tang

as opposed

single postcard

t'ang

cli'ai k'ai

"To be opened

in the hall, or

(an

puhlic office"

despatch

as

official

opposed to

a private comnninication.

349.

T'ang

lisiin

j^

-^Ji.

Printed on

official

covers

^)).

(,||

posting-station

despatch

of

the

Courier Posts.
350.

T'ang pu

351.

Tao

nien

t'ien

(Same

$| ^.

yiieli

as No. 349.)

To put

a false date; to ante-

date.

352. T'e cliun

wen

kua hao hsin

cliih lei

^mmm
353. T'e cliun

iff

354. T'e hstian

as a newspnper.

#{>

m-

kna Iimo

yu chien

Resjistered at the Post Office

li

ch'lian

Hewistered at

# ?# i^

lisiii

ch'ai

iff

the

I.P.O.

for

transmission in China.

letter-carrier

lected

for

specially

se-

delivery

of

registered letters.

23

chi shih chien

355.

Teng

356.

Teng

In

357.

Teng

tsai

m
358.

To record

w- #

Teng

^ ff
^ |g.
^ U-

chi

as in a

To enter

To record

occurrences.

rank,

register.

to note

down.

class

grade,

as

of

officials.

359. Ti ya yin

yu chien

360. Ti chi

361. T'i

fang

Money

Jg ^f ^.

j^

deposited as guarantee.

To forward mail matter.

^ $|.

The Courier Posts;

also a Post-

master of same.
362. T'i t/ang kiian

^ $| '^

manage

who

Officials

the

Courier Posts, which forms


a

sub-department of the

Board of War.

pu

363. T'ieli p'iao

364. T'ieli

Ijtj

nfl j|^

y]C

fu

wen shui

Insufficient postage.

"

Exchange
issuing

when
Money Orders (to
rates "

make up

the difference be-

tween good and

inferior

dollars).

365. T'ou chiao


366. T'ou

367. T'ou

To

J^ ^.

chiao kuei sliiing:

sung

To hand

To

^^ ^.

deliver

to

hand

over.

in at tlie counter.

deliver,

to

distribute

as

mail matter.
368. T'ou

ti

369. T'ou

ti

^^

tzu

(Same

ii.

fei

^xM'M^-

370. T'ou yii hsin hsiang chih

as No. 367.)

Delivery

fee.

To throw

into the letter-box

to post.

371. Tsai

yu cheng

chti

shou

Lost while in the custody of


the I.P.O.

wu hni yu

372. Ts'an ch'iieh

373. Tsd clVeng


374. Tse jen
375.

376.

Tseng

^ J^.
f^.

fen jiin

||

p.

24

25

391. T'ung sliu

^f

3i
393.

f?

l!tl

f:.

kung

392. T'ling jung- t'ing

calendar; an almanac.

To

mutual

close the Office by

arrangement.

^'

Tung hang min

cliii

fl)

Branch of same

letter

hong

es-

tablished at another place.


394. Tz'u

ti

R^

395.

Wai

cliil:

sli("

7jz

To

establish Offices gradually,

one by one.

fu |)mo ku<.:

^|>

(Tf^

Outside

a parcel" (a ])hrase

on

written

the

envelope

or at the end of a letter

parcel

international

mail

indicating

that

accompanies
396.

Wai kuo
cliien

397.

Wai

5fS

kno yu

W.'ii

]ao

398.

tao

ti

5lh

rzu

p'i

Wai Wm

JiJ

Ja

vang

yu

Inward

matter.

;^

tsung

cliii

i|5

^m
399.

cliili

i^.

S-

^|>

jfjf

it).

Union Post

The

Office closed inail.

inscription on

an envelope.

'

International [)ostage

^.

^|>

as

op-

posed to domestic postage

(^ t)400.

Wai yang ko kno

^|>

'^

Foreign

countries;

interna-

tional.

401.

Wan

402.

Wan

na

chili tzu

;^

HP

'ei

Hi

\% ^.

postage.

Union Parcel Post Reo^ulations.

K :^

Wan kuo yu cheng kung

The

T^nivorsal Postal Union.

5^ t"-

i(5 lit

Wanglaichingnei

To prepay

t-

kno pao kuo cliang

l>"i:

404.

ti

^ ii

iT'i^

cli'eng

403.

clii

:g^^

"Domestic"
within

{i.e.,

circulating

China as

matter).

mail

2fi

405.

Unprepaid mail matter.

Wei ching fu tzu yn chien


II
t is #

'

406.

Wei hsiao

eliih y'l

* m iP
407.

Wei

Uncancelled postage stamps.

1-

yn hui

jii

p'i''^^

cliih

kno:

Conntry

^ Ai5#
408.

Wei

yn

t'ieh

hin:
409.

Wei

410.

Wen

pao

cliti

"^ jg ^.
3ft;

Postal

stamps

^^ ^.

Forged

The

postage

withont

letter

*i,^i|5^;^ff:

the

in

TTnion.

|Viao chili

tsao p'iao

not

affixed.

connterfei stam
t

Despatch

ps.

Forwarding

Office.

411. AVAn slm t'nng:

412.

Wn

elio

shn:
413.

Wn

-^^Wiyn clieng knng

t'on
:

ti

Office."

M^

|^

^.

To missend.

^.

To

416.

Yang wen knng

417.

Yen

t'on

TJndeliverable mail matter.

^^ ^^

415.

chi

yn

chili

Wn
Wn

414.

Retnrned Letter

^^^m^^^-

fa

elnen

Despatch envelope.
"

sliih

t'nng ch'ai k'an

misdeliver.

p^

Lingnist Clerk.

||

To open

in the presence of a

witness.

418.

Yen eheng

chili chti

419.

Yin

420.

Yin hna

p'iao
:

^|)

l^

YeriticationCertiticate.[/. 36].

A
A

^.
:^^.

Money Order
mark

seal
seal

of a

Ying na yn tzn

| |^

bank

note.

stamp

or

an old name for post-

age stamps.
421.

Liable to postage.

27

422.

Yu

ch'ai

423.

Yu

clian

424.

Yu

clVe

425.

Yu

clieiig

426.

Yu

clieug

427.

Yu

428.

Yu

^ ^.
ifj

Postal courier.

i^.

postal-station.

Mail

$.

chang

cliiii

cli'eng

k'uaii

clieng ching

cliieli

cheng ching chieh

ytl

cart.

I.P.O. Postal Guide.

The

postal reveiuie.

postal district.

Map ol"})ostal communications;


the I.P.O. Postal

Working

Map.
429.

Yu

clieiig cli'u so

ifj jgc

place where a Post Office

established

is

postal

locality.

430.

Yu

clieiig fu

tsung

[)aii

Assistant Postal Secretary.

m m m m m431.

Yu

cliens''

432.

Yu

clieng kiian

k'an

tan

tin<'-

cliii

^5

Postal forms.

Tlie

official

(Imperial)

Office.

ijj

^J

Postal business.

j5

Postal Assistant.

if5

1^

Postal

ifj il^

^.

District Postmaster.

433.

Yu cheng kung shu

434.

Yu

435.

Yu cheng pang
115:

cheng kung wu

pan

Post Office.

mil-

436.

Yu

cheng shih

437.

Yu

cheng

s.su

affiiirs.

I'ost

438.

28

^^

455.

Yu

p'iao cliiao cliien

456.

Yu

[)'iao cli'in<;-

tan

Corner of a postage stamp.

Inland

i|5^

457.

Yu

458.

Yu

[>'iao

459.

Yu

tai

460.

Yu

ti:

461.

Yu

tzu:

^ ^.

462.

Yu

tzu

fu

463.

Yii fu sliao hsii

p'iao

i|5

tan cluu)

>>

Hecpiisition forPostageStanips.

465. Yii lisieu pao

mail bag.

To

post

to

forward

l)y post.

L^ostage.

1.

yu

11^

yu tzu

62].

il)

Insufficient postage.

Ji.

ifi

if$

[l.

^.

i|$

m#
464. Yti fu

fu

})U

Monthly

Ottice

Stam[) Account,

if

Post

fif.

tzu

Partly prepaid postage.


:

t-

^f^ifSfC-^

l^)stage prepaid.

Q.

[5g

To prepay

postage.

parcel

"

bulky

"

a parcel ex-

ceeding regulation weight

and dimensions.
466. Yii

Yiian

clii

468. Yiian

clii

467.

yu

469. Yiian hsin


470. Yiian
^rv

clii

a^

472.

Yiian
chieb
ipa-

yu

i^

^.

kuan

Pi-

te

^
i

f#

pan

issue a certificate.

Original sender of a letter.

cliii

Post Office of origin.

The

lii li

mj

original letter.

Particulars of native place


service of

Mtai lai

To

cliili

cliien

k'uan

fl

^ ^

chili

-m-

ix Is
471. Yiian

cliii

cliili

jen:

shih

f^ il

Behaviour of postal employes


towards the public.

A.'

pao

fjf.

and

employd

Erajtloye Security Bond.

473.

Yiiaii

ying sliou kuei

474. Yilii

fei

475. Yiin

fei ts'e

jg

liiiles

to be

Transit fee

JH ^.
:

30

fj-.

observed by the

transit charges.

Transit statistics.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
Absent without

leave, 306.

Accept responsibility,

Account book,

to,

191.

Annex,

to,

122.

Annoy,

to,

227.

Anonymous

12.

Account,

f^tanip

Inland Office

Appendix,

Application for Redirection of


Correspondence, 69.

Accountant, 332.
1 1

to settle accounts, 65.

Acknowledgment

of

Ai)point Postal Clerks,

Payment,

99.

Acknowledonient of Eeceipt, 3

Money

to, 55.

Appointment, Inland Clerks Letter


1

8.

of Receipt for

Acknowledgment

Mail

Application to withdraw
Matter, 68.

to keep no accounts, 197.

of,

216.

Article, postal, 442.

sent Inland, 324.

description of a postal article, 444.

apply for an Acknowledgment

insured postal nrticle, 287.

of Receipt, 298.

receipt

to

Act

Domestic

for Missing
Mail Matter, 66.

Application

456.
to brinjf to account, 308.

Accounts,

letter, an, 268.

121.

receipt issued to ."tender


registered arti<'le, 22.

Address, 76.
address

Monev

a postal article, 28.

addressee, 135.
Assist

40.

in
to,

forwarding mail

36.

Assistant Postal Officer,

sent Inland, Letter

matter,

276.

A.ssistant Postal Clerk,

Advertisements, trade, 202.

of,

registered postal article, 214.

sender of

official titles of

Adjusted weights,

for

of

slip, 51.

Addressee, 317.

Advice

postal

registered

for

article, 210.

as Postal Agent, to, 18.

24.

A.ssistant Postal Secretary, 430.

98.

to offer advice, 226.

Postal Assistant, 435.

Affairs, postal, 436.

postal affairs of Europe, 272.

Affix one's signature,

to, 52, 53,

164.

to affix postage stamps, 10.

Agency

License, Inland

Box

Office,

343-

Agent, Inland Postal, 344.


to act as Postal Agent,

Offices, 77.

Almanac, 391.

Amount

remitted, 172.

of a cover,

18.

Behaviour of employes towards the


public, 471.

Blank forms, 21^.


Bond, Security, 201, 472.
Book, press-copy, 378.

Agreement, a voluntary, 201.


Alien Post

Back

8.

Books, 327.

Box

Office, 341.

Box

Office License, 342.

Inland Box Office Agency License, 343.

Branch Post

Candidate Postal Clerk, 123.

Office, 104.

Inland Branch

Po.st Office, 262.

experienced Clerk, 231.


Inspecting Clerk, 157.

parcel, a, 465.

transacted

Business

Clerk, Assistant Postal, 136.

letter hong, 393.

Branch of a

Bulky

32

in

Post

the

linguist Clerk, 416.

non-linguist Clerk, 132.

Office, 92.

Postal Clerk, 220.

postal bnsiness, 434.


to undertake postnl business, 18.

Clerk-in-Charge, 215.
Clerks, to appoint Postal, 55.
to transfer Postal Clerks,

Calendar, 391.

Candidate Postal

to

C!lerk, 123.

for,

letters, to, 309.

Case, to report
a,

circumstances of

tlie

Money

Certificate,

Orders,

Remittance,

(!'harge, 251.

new

to take out a

certificate, 237.

Post

to

Office,

hand

over, 37.

take over charge of a Post

84,

5.

securely closed,

10.

Cnion closed mail, 397


(Closing mails,

hours

hong's

letter

of,

12.

257.

a,

clubbed

package

115.

Charges, maritime transit, 244.

Collect trade charges, to, 340.

postal charges, 441.

Commercial papers, 250.

to collect trade charges, 340.

transit charges, 81, 474.

Commission on

sale

of stamps,

74,

106, 293, 375-

to, 134.

commission on stamps sold, 326.

Chit book, 337.

Compare,

of shop's manager, 301.

a,

Circumstances of

case,

289, 290.

41.
to

the, 19.

City letter-carrier,

to,

Compulsory prepayment of postage,

82, 295.
a

to, 134.

Compensate,

dollars, 16.

Circular notice,

a,

Clubbed package,

Office, 44.

Chopped

in.

to close the Office, 392.

Native closed mail, 257

Verification Certificate, 418.

Charge of a

Close,

to, 46.

Closed mail,

14, 171.

to issue a certificate, 466.

Chop

263.

Quarterly Return of Clerks-in-

to close a mail bag,

to investigate, 89.

Cause of delay,

Check,

1 5.

19.

Cashed, Register of
335-

to

5.

Clerks-in-Charge inland, instructions

Carrier, letter-, 17.

Carry

withdraw Postal Clerks,

report

Confidential letter,

a,

20.

a confidential note, 334.


17.

Confused

(as accounts), 38.

Clandestinely, to hand, 305.

Contract, mail matter under, 230.

Class, rank, or grade, a. 358.

Conversant with postal reguhitions,

Clesm

thoroughly,

dollars, 16.

Clear a letter-box,

to, 315.

( /opy in

a register,

2.

to,

308

33

Customs Declaration, 284.

Corner of au envelope, 117.


corner of n postage stamp, 455.

Customs

fee, 129.

Correspondence a decouvert, 234, 302.


Application for Redirection of
(Correspondence, 69.

asked (by letter hongs)

fee

Date,

correspond-

of

transmission

Daily paper, 195.

for

ence, 39.

Day

free correspondence, 253.

351.
194, 270.

a,

book, 193.

Dead Letter

correspondence,

restanfe

poste

false,

Date-stamp,

Office, 412.

Declaration of Clubbed Mails " Lato


posted," 297.

239-

redirected correspondence, 196.

Customs Declaration,

to forward correspondence, 83.

false declaration, 269.

to sort

" forward "

correspond-

284.

Decouvert, a, 75^ 235, 240, 258.

ence, 49.

correspondence a drrouvert, 234,

to transmit correspondence, 83.

302.

nndeliverable correspondence returned, 388.

Defaced postage

stani}>s, 384.

demand double

Deficiency, to

Counter, to hand in at the, 366.

Delay, to investigate the cause

Counterfeit stamps, 409.

Deliver,

Delivery

Countries, Foreign, 400.


in the

Postal Union,

179,

country not

in the Postal

Union,

407.

Way

fee, 369.

Demand

184,

courier, 242.

Deputy Postmaster,

the

an express courier,

8.

forward by express courier,

125.

(Tovermuent C'our-

ier Post, i'83, 187.

(Jover of a letter,

a,

hours of despatch of mails,

2.

sender of a despatch, 307.

to despatch an express courier,

Destination, Otfice
1 1

8.

of, 43.

Detach the stamps from an envelope,

8.

enclosed in a sealed cover,

face, or face side, of a coA'er,


I.

218, 348.

Despatched, Register of Parcels, 95.

19.

back of a cover,

271.

despatch envelope, 411.

titles of

to forward liy

defi-

description of a parcel, 283.

Despatch,

[03.

the, 371.

double

I.

Description of a postal article, 444.

postal courier, 422.

Custody of the

mail matter, 67.

Deputy Postal Secretary,

horse courier, 180.

to despatch

to return

demand
ciency,

Bill, 243.

186, 361.

to

365, 367, 368.

local delivery radius, 204.

to

Government Courier Post,

mounted

89.

parcel delivery fee, 279.

233-

Courier

i.

of,

to deliver on the spot, 72.

Counterfoil, the, 379.

Country

to,

the,

10.
1

6.

P.O., lost while in

to, 32.

Detain mail matter,


Diameter, 64.

Dimensions, 107.

to, 45,

207.

34

Envelope, to detach the stamps from

Di^jlomatic vaUses, 205.

Discount,

an, 32.

208.

to,

to enclose in an env^elope, 85.

Disorder, in (as accounts), 38.

Escort Officer, 185.


Distribute,

to,

367, 368.
Establish,

to (listvibute inside the district,

to, 88,

199, 310.

to establish a postal service, 6

204.
establish

,to

Distribution, local, 72.

394-

District Inspector, 158.

Established,

District Postmaster, 437.

Office

postal district, 380, 427.

Domestic, 90, 228, 404.


Application for Missing Domestic
Mail Matter, 66.

domestic mail matter, 160, 222.

Establishment, Native
"

Examine and

the deticiency,

I.

rough

5.

of mail matter,

exchange mutually, 291.

Exempt from

postage, to be, 254.


of,

137.

statement of petty cash expendi-

draft, 203.

Due, postage,

ture, 236.

56.

Experienced Clerk, 231.

postage-due stamp, 58.

Express, an, 82, 295.


expi'ess letter, 31a.

an

to despatch

Embezzle,

postinu:, 255.

Expenditure, grant in aid

Draft, bank, 171.

to, 48.

Employe Security Bond,

472.

an express courier,

103.

particulars of service of employe,

Extend,

to,

386, 387.

470.

Post Office employe, 447.


of,

towards the

to

extend inland, 385.

Extort wine-money,

to,

229.

pulilic, 471.

Enclose in a

letter, to, 109.

to enclose in an envelope, 85.

Enclosed in a sealed cover,

10.

Enclosure, to forward as an, 122.

Enter in a

register, to, 356.

corner of an envelojie,

Face of a cover,

54.

face of an envelope, 292.


face side of a cover,

1 1

6.

Facilities, postal, 10 1.

Envelope, an, 119, 147, 154, 156.


1

17.

False date, 351.


false declaration, 269.

despatch envelope, 411.

Fancy note paper,

face of an envelope, 292.

Fee asked by letter hongs, 39.

inscription on an envelope, 398.


official

envelope, 247.

8.

forward by express courier,

to

Employes, behaviour

are

161.
to

registration, 330.

Offices

receive, to,"

Exchange rates, 364.


mutual exchange

domestic postage, 223, 266.

demand double

Post

429.

places where Post


established, 200.

204.
Dollars, clean, 16.

to

Avhere

place
is,

place where no Post Office has


yet been established, 10 1, 265.

to distribute inside tlio district,

Double

gradually,

()ffices

Customs

47.

fee, 129.

delivery fee, 369.

1
(

Fee for tninsmission of


insurance

fee,

letters,

35

Guarantee, money deposited

152.

285, 286.

as, 359.

Guide, Iniperial Postal, 425.

parcel delivery fee, 279.


transit fee, 474.

Fetch at the Post

Hand

go and,

Office, to

clandestinely for transmission,


to,

128.

Firmly, seals must

Flying

affixed, loS.

lie

forward under, 241.

seal, to

Force majeure, a case

of,

hand

in at the counter, 366.

to

hand

in separately, 303.

hand

letters for transmission,

to

190.

305.

to

35-

Foreign countries, 400.

hand

to

over, 365.

Forged stamps, 409.

hand over charge

to

Forms, blank, 219.


postal forms, 431.

Forward as an enclosure, to,


to forward by express

122.

"

Handed

courier,

Head

forward by post, 460.

from station

uiJ for so

and so

Head

Hong, registered

to sta-

hand

to forward mail matter, 360.

Office, 311.

91.

postal, 212.

to a

Native

letter

hong

for further transmission, 36.

forward on, 78.

Horizontal signboard, 273.

seal, 241.

Horse

corres]iond[

courier, official, 180.

Hours

of

and despatch

closing

mails,

Free correspondence, 253.

to open.

Office, 438.

to

to sort "forward"
ence, 49.

for

Holidays, 100.

tion, 274.

under flying

hong

letter

Heavy-weight mail matter,

to forward correspondence, 83.

to

to

to report to

ier Post, 183, 187.

to forward

Post

to be,'' 312.

forward by Government Cour-

to forward

further transmission, 36.

103.

to

hand

to

retjuisition for forms, 71.

to

of

Office, 37.

<if

12.

office

Full postage, 377.

hours, 275.

Fundamental postal

regulations, 86.

Imperial Postal Service, 339.

Important note, an,


General Post

Go and

Inaugurate a Post
fetch at the Post Office, to.

Indemnify,

128.

Government Courier Post,


Government Courier

184, 186.

Post-sta-

tion, 452.

Inform

to,

Office, to, 87.

192, 289, 290.

liy letter, to, 390.

Inland, 126, 260.

Inland Bo.x

Postmaster of Government CourGrade,

Office

Inland Branch Post

a,

Inland Courier

358.

Grant commission
grant

<jn

sale of stamps,

375in

Gratuity, 73.

aid of expenditure, 137.

Agency

Li-

cense, 343.

ier Post, 182.

to,

102.

Office, 438.

Way

Office, 262.
Bill, 316.

Inland Post Office Journal,


Inland Post

Office

141.

Inland

3.

Pay Sheet

po.stage, 130, 261.

36

Leave, absent without, 306.

Inland Postal Agent, 344.


Inltind-zone postage, 127.

Letter,

instructions for Clerks in cliarge


of Inland Offices, 263.

Money

144, 149, 176.


letter, 268.
1

sent to Inland Offices, 98.

cover of a letter,

Inspecting Officer,

59.

to establish, 88, 199.

Instructions for Inland Clerks, 263.


to issue circular instructions, 389.
Insufficient jJostage, 56, 363, 457.

Insufficiently prepaid mail matter, 59.

285, 286.

fee,

sent

letter of introduction, 50.

letter without stamps, 408.

original letter, 469.


original sender of a letter, 467.

quiet letter on family business,


296.
recipient of a letter, 317.

article, 287.

Intercept mail matter,

to, 45.

Interchange between

I.

P.O.

sender of a
Offices,

160.

letter, 2

time of receiving a

letter, 42.

to enclose in a letter, 109.

Interior, 126, 260.

places in the
I.P.O., 265.

Intermediary

Money

Letter of Appointment for Inland


Clerks, 216.

Inspector General of Posts, 381.

Insured postal

9.

1 1

Letter of Advice for


Inland, 98.

Inspecting Clerk, 157.

4.

confidential letter, 20.

to extend inland, 385.

Insurance

a,

anonymous

closed letter,

Inscription on an envelope, 398.

Institute, to

interior

without

to

inform by

to

open a

letter, 390.

letter, 6, 30.

to seal a letter,

Office, the, 79.

to

International, 400.

send a

writer of a letter,

international mail matter, 224.


international postage, 225, 399.

inward international mail matter,

3.

letter, 25, 336.


1

38.

Letter bag, 155.


Letter Bill, 26.

Registered Letter

Bill, 211.

396.

outward international mail mat-

to clear a letter-box, 315.

ter, 27.

to

Inter-provincial, 189.

Introduction, letter

to,

throw into the letter-box, 370.

Letter-carrier, 145, 148.

of, 50.

Investigate cause of delay,


Issue a certificate,

Letter-box, 151.

to, 89.

city letter-carrier, 17.

specially selected

466.

letter-carrier,

354-

to issue instructions, 389.

Letter hong, 255.

Journal, Inland Post Office,

3.

letter hong, 393.

fee asked

by

Letter

Hong

letter

hong's

Label, Mistake, 60.

Late -posted Native Clubbed


Declaration

branch of

of,

297.

Mail,

letter hong, 39.

License, 256.

clubbed package,

5.

Native

letter hong, 146.

Letter-sorter, 105.

Letters, l3aml)oo tube for coiiveving,

37

Mail matter, insufficiently prepaid,


59-

156.

of

transniission

for

fee

letters,

152.

inter-provincial mail matter,

to carry letters, 309.

hand

to

89.

inward international mail matter,

letters for transmission,

396.

mail matter dealt with, 448.

35-

Liable to postage, 421.


License,

international mail matter, 224.

Box

mail matter "to be called

Inland Box Office Agency Li-

mail matter transmitted by

Hong

rail,

173-

cense, 343.

Letter

for,"

445-

Office, 342.

mail matter under contract, 230.

License, 256.

nuitual exchange of mail matter,

Linguist Clerk, 416.

161.

Local, 120.

outward international mail mat-

local delivery radius, 204.

ter, 27.

local distrilmtion, 72.

provincial mail matter, 252.

local postage rates, 120.

redirected mail matter, 80.

Localities, postal, 200.

Taxed Mail Matter Memo.,

Locality devoid of postal

facilities,

to assist in

lOI.

276.

ter,

postal locality, 429.

Lost while in the


LP.O., 371.

57.

forwarding mail mat-

to detain mail matter, 45, 207.

custody

of the
to

forward mail matter, 360.

to intercept mail matter, 45.

undeliverable mail matter, 413.

Magazine,

a,

Mail, closed,
to

unprepaid mail matter, 405.

143.
a,

84,

make up

as

a-

Mail steamer, 446.

5.

closed mail, 84.

Mails, hours of closing and despatch


of,

Native closed mail, 257.

to

a mail bag,

open

to seal a mail bag,


]\Iail cart,

2.

Manuscript, 325, 338.

1.

Map, Postal Working,

mail bag, 198.

Manager, chop of shops, 301.

Mail bag, 459.


to close

Native closed mail, 257.

LTnion closed mail, 397.

Maritime

in.

Memo,

424.

428.

transit charges, 244.

of Particulars,

Money

Order,

70.

Mail Escort
yinil

Officer, 185.

Matter, Application

Taxe<l Mail Matter Memo., 57.


for

MisMisdeliver,

sing, 66.

Application t(j withdraAv


Matter, 68.

Demand

to return

Mail

to,

to,

67.

domestic mail matter, 160, 222.


91.

415.

414.

Mistake Label,

Mail Matter,

heavy-weight mail matter,

Missend,

60.

Money deposited as guarantee, 359.


Money sent Inland, Acknowledgment of Eeceipt

Money

for,

324.

sent to Inland Offices, 98.

'^8

Money

Office, receiving, 43.

Order, 14, 171, 419.

Money Order Memo,

of Parti-

Payino

Order

Office

Receipt, 322.

Money

Returned Letter
sending

culars, 70.

Money

Office, 412.

Office, 96.

to close the Office, 392.

trajismitting Office, 79.

Orders Cashed, Register

of,

Officer, Assistant Postal, 124.

335-

Money Orders
of,

Mounted
INIutua!

Inspecting Officer,

59.

Issued, Re^iister

Mail Escort

335-

Officer, 185.

Postal Officer, 333.

coiirier, 242.

exchange of mail matter. 161.

Offices, to

gradually establish, 394.

Official despatch, 348.

Mutually, to exchange, 291.

envelopes, 247.

official

addressee, 135.

official titles of

Native closed mail, 257.


Native

Open,
posting

with botli ends, 232.

establislnnent,

" to be handed up for so


to open," 312.

255-

News,

roll

and so

150.

Newspaper,

to

142, 195.

registered as a newspaper, 352.

Newspapers sent

to
in packages, 178.

Non-linguist Clerk, 132.

"to receive and open," 313.


having been,

Office, 238.

a circular notice, 82.

Organise a Post
Origin, Office

to issue a circular notice, 295.

Number,

open in presence of a witness,


417.

Opened and tampered

fancy, 47.

Notice of Parcel lying at

letter, 6, 30.

to open personally, 63.

Note, a confidential, 334.


an important note, 102.

Note paper,

open a

to ojjen a mail bag, 198.

to, 294.

of,

with, traces of

7.

Office, to, 87.

96, 468.

Original letter, 469.


original sender of a letter, 467.

registration num])er,

53.

Outward international mail matter, 27.


Overland route, 131.

Occurrences, to record, 355.


Office hours, 275.

Box Office, 341.


Dead Letter Office, 412.
Head Office, 438.
Inland Office Stamp Account,
456.

letter

hong's

a,

257.

clubl)ed

package,

115.

Paper, fancy note, 47.


Papers, commercial, 250.

intermediary Office, 79.

Money[Order

Parcel, 278.

Office, 267.

Money Order Paying

Office

Re-

ceipt, 322.

Money

Fackage, clubbed,

sent to Inland Office, 98.

Office of destination. 43.


Office of origin, 96.

a biUky parcel, 465.


description of a parcel, 283.

Notice of

a Parcel lying at Office,

238.

" outside a parcel," 395.

Parcel delivery

39

Post

fee, 279.

Parcel

Way

to fetch at the Post Office, 128.

Bill, 280.

Way

Return Parcel

Union Parcel Post

Office, official, 432.

Post Office of origin, 468.

Parcel Receipt, 319.

to

Bill, 282.

hand over charge


Office,

Recfulations,

to inaugurate a

402.

of a Post

T,-].

Post

Post

Office, 87.

value of a parcel, 28 1.

to organise a

wrapper of a parcel, 277.

to take over charge

Office, 87.

of a Post

Office, 44.

Parcels receiver! and despatched, Re-

Union Post

gister of, 95.

Office closed mail,

397-

Particulars

of

service

of

employe,

470.

Memo,

Offices, alien, 77.

places where Post Offices are established, 200.

of Particulars, 70.

Partly prepaid postage, 463.

Pay

Post

Post-station,

Sheet, Inland Office, 141.

a,

184, 186.

Postage, 23, 461.

Payment, Acknowledgment

of, 99.

postage stamp, 454.

Perpendicular signboard,

13.

postage stamp bearing a dragon, fish, or wild goose, 246.

Personally open,

a,

to, 63.

Place in the interior without

I.P.(_).,

Places connected by

or steamer,

rail

245.

Post,

a sheet of postage stamps, 94.

domestic postage, 223, 266.

265.

full postage, 248, 249, y]-].

inland postage, 130, 261.

Government

Courier, the, 184,

inland-zone postage, 127.

186.

Government

'ourier

Post-sta-

Postmaster of the Government


Courier Post, 182.
to forward

by Government

'our-

ier Post. 183, 187.

Post,

to,

to post a letter for transmission,


35-

new postage stamp,

140.

partly prepaid postage, 463.

postage due, 56.

post, 440.

by

postage prepaid, 462.

post, 33.

prepayment of postage

Branch Post

steam-zone postage,

Office, 104.

business transacted in the Post


Office, 92.

General Post

the postage

Inland Branch Post

com-

4,

206.

Tariff of Postage, 24, 443.

demanded

is trifling,

93-

Office, 438.
Office, 262.

Inland Post Office^Journal,

is

pulsory, 41.

Office, 146, 328, 433.

3.

Inland Post Office Pay Sheet,


141.

local

postage-due stamp, 58.

by

to transmit

Post

liable to postage, 42

places that come under


postage rates, 120.

370, 460.

to report

insufficient postage, 56, 363, 457.

international postage, 225, 399.

tion, 452.

to affix postage stamps, 10.


to

be exempt from postage, 254.

to

prepay postage, 401, 464.


stamps, 97.

to sell postage

40

Postal

affairs,

436.

Postcard, reply 331.


single postcard, 347.

Chinese Imperial Postal Bervice,

Poste restante, 239, 445.

339-

country in the

Union,

Postal

Posting, at the time


Posting-station,

179.

Deputy Postal

Secretary, 271.

of, 34.

349, 350.

Postmaster of the Courier Posts, 182,


361, 362.

fundamental postal regulations,

Deputy Postmaster,

86.
locality

a,

devoid of postal

125.

District Postmaster, 437.

facilities,

lOI.

Posts, the Courier, 361.

postal affairs of Europe, 272.

Prepaid

in full, 139.

insufficiently prepaid mail

postal article, 442.

mat-

ter, 59.

Postal Assistant, 435.

prepaid postage, 4G2.

postal business, 434.

Prepay postage,

postal charges, 441.

to,

401, 464.

Prepayment of postage

Postal Clerk, 220.

is

compulsory,

41.

postal courier, 422.

Price

postal district, 380, 427.

Printed matter, 329.

postal forms, 431.

Provincial mail matter, 252.

Postal Guide, 425.

Pul)lic,

list,

postal localities, 200.

174.

behaviour of employes towards, 471.

postal locality, 429.

postal rates, 44 1

Radius, local delivery, 204.

postal regulations, 449.

mail matter

Rail,

postal revenue, 426.

by,

transmitted

173-

postal route, 453.

Rank

Postal Secretary, 439.

Rates, exchange, 364.

or grade, 358.

postal rates, 441.

postal-station, 423.

Receipt,

Postal Union, 450.

a,

314, 321, 323-

Money Order Paying

registered postal article, 214.

Office

Re-

ceipt, 322.

registered postal hong, 212.

sender of a postal

thoroughly

Parcel Receipt, 319.

article, 28.

conversant

postal regulations,

receipt for registered article, 210.

with

2.

receipt issued to sender of a re-

gistered article, 22.

to act as Postal Agent, 18.

Return Receipt

to appoint Postal Clerks, 55.

Return

to establish a postal service, 61.

Postcard, 259.

8.

parcels),

320.
article, 213.

withdraw Postal Clerks, 1 5.


Universal Postal Union, 403.

to

(for

temporary receipt for registered

to transfer Postal Clerks, 15.


to undertake post,l business,

(for letters), 3

Receipt

8.

to apply for Acknowledgment of


Receipt, 298.

"Receive and open, to," 313.


"to examine and receive,"

5.

41

Received, Register of Parcels, 95.

Report to Head

Receiving

Recpusition for forms, 71.

Office, 43.

time of receiving a
Recipient of a
Record,

Requisition for Postage Stam[)S,

letter, 42.

458.

letter, 317.

Residence, 76.

to,

357.
to record occurrences, 355.

Responsibility, 373, 374to accei)t responsibility, 191.

Redirected correspondence, 196.


redirecteil mail matter, 80.

plication

foi',

to, 78.

Register,

133.

a,

69.

192.

Demand

(^)n,iiterly

Mail Matter,

Return of

('lerks-in-

Charge, 251.

Money

)rders Issued,

Return Receipt

to register, 294.

Registered as a news])aper, 352.


registered

article,

210.
issued

to

sender of re-

gistered article, 22.


registered for
t'hina, 353.

Office, 412.

Revenue,

426.

postjil,

Reward

for services, 74.

Rewrite

wrongly written word,

221.

a,

in

Rough

Bill, 211.

registered postal article, 2


1

4.

2.

Registration, double, 330.


single registration, 346.

to, 9.

in the interior, 264.

Roads

with both ends open, 232.

a roll

registered postal hong, 2

i)arcels),

Returned Letter

Roll,

transmission

Registered Letter

(for

320.

to copy in a register, 308.

for

(for letters), 318.

Receipt

Return

Register of Parcels, 95.

receipt

Bill, 282.

to return

67.

335-

receipt

Way

Return Parcel

Register of Money Orders Cashed,

33 5Register of

responsibility,

acknowledge

to

Redirection of (lorrespondence. Ap-

Re-forward,

Office, to, 311.

draft, a, 203.

Rnufi\ en, 383.

overland loute, 131.


postal route, 453.

Rules to

lie

observed by

staff,

473.

Regulations, fundamental postal, 86.


postal regidations, 449.

Union Parcel Post Regulations,

Sale of stamps, commission on, 293.

402.

Union

Tariff Regulations, 451.

well versed in postal regulations,

Samples, 175.
Seal, a private, 382.

mark
Reliable Clerk, 231.

Remittance

Remove

to

under flying

to sed, 31, 46-

to seal a letter,

to, 32.

Reply postcard, 331.

to seal a mail liag,

Report by post,

to

to,

440.

to report the circumstances of a


case, 19.

seal,

241.

Certificate, 14, 171.

the stamps from an envelope,

of a seal, 420.

forward

3.
i

n.

partly on one piece of


]>aper and partly on another.
seal

29.

42

Sealed cover, enclosed in

a,

Stamps, a sheet of postage, 94.

lo.

commission on

Seci-etary, Assistant Postal, 430.

Deputy

commission on stamps

Sell postage stamps, to, 97.

defaced postage stamps, 384.


forged stamps, 409.

stamps for the I.P.O., 345-

send by post,

new postage stamps,

33.

to

to send separately, 235.


a letter, 2

torn postage stamps, 372.

receipt issued to sender of a registered article, 22.

sender of a postal

Sent

])aclvages

article, 28.

(as

uncancelled postage stamps, 406.

Standard weights, 40.


Start, to, 310.

Office, the, 96.

in

newspapers),

Statement of Petty Cash Ex])enditui e,


236.

178.

Service, (Jhinese Imperial Postal, 339.

particulars of service, 470.


to establish a postal service, 61.

Statement of Undeliverable Correspondence, 388.


Station, a posting-, 349, 350.

Government

Settle iiccounts, to, 65.

Sheet of postage stamps,

a,

94.

from station to

to forward

sta-

tion, 274.

Statistics, 376.

to, 52, 53.

Signature, to affix one's, 52, 53, 164.


Silver, to

Post-sta-

postal-station, 423.

separnte sheets, 304.

make

Courier

tion, 452.

Sheets, sent in single, 177.

Sign,

detach the stamps from an


envelope, 32.

to sell postage stamps, 97.

original sender, 467.

Sending

140.

to affix postage stamps, 10.

to send open, 258.

Sender of

without stamps, 408.

letter

a letter, to, 25, 336.

to

sold, 326.

counterfeit stamps, 409.

Selected letter-carrier, specially, 354-

to sell

sale of stamps,

106, 293.

Postal Secretary, 271.

Postal Secretary, 439.

Send

u])

the difference

in,

299.

transit statistics, 475.


Steal, to

to embezzle, 48.

Steam-zone postage,

Single postcard, 347.

4,

206.

Suggestions, to make, 226

single registration, 346.

Supplement,

a,

121.

Singly, sent, 177.

Smuggle,

to, 305.

Tampered

Soiled postage stamps, 372, 384.

Sort "forward"

correspondence,

7.

Tariff of Post<igH, 24, 443.

49-

Union

Sorter, a letter-, 105.

Stage (distance between two

stations),

Tax,

to,

Tariff'

ReguLitions, 451.

I.

Taxed Mail Matter Memo.,

181.

Time

Stages, in, 274.

57-

of posting, at the, 34..

at the time of receiving a letter,

Stamp, postage, 454.


postage-due stamp,

with, traces of having been

opened and,
to,

58.

42.

^3

Union Post OtHce closed mail, 397.


Union Tariff Piegulations, 451.

Titles of sender of a despatch, 307.

of addressee, 135.

(.tticial titles

a,

66.

Union,

Postal

Universal
Tracer,

403,

450.

Trade adA'ertisements, 202.

Unprepaid mail matter, 405.

to collect trade charues, 340.

Urgent

note, an, 102.

Transit charges, Si, 474inaritime transit charges, 244.


Valises, diplomatic, 205.

transit fee, 474-

Value of a

transit statistics, 475.

Transmission of

letters, fee for,

registered for
Yjhina, 353.
to

52.

in

transmission

hand clandestinely
hand

letters for transmission,

35-

sion, 303.

to

Waterways

in the interior, 264.

Way

lourier, 243.

Bill,

Parcel

Way

Way

Bill, 316.

280.

Bill,

Return Parcel

post, to, 33.

Way

Bill, 282.

Weight, 62, 107.

transmit correspondence, S^-

to transmit separately, 75.

Transmitting

a place, 188.

Inland Courier

to liand separately for transmis-

Transmit by

Via such and such

for trans-

mission, 305.
to

parcel, 281.

Veritication Certificate, 418.

Weights, adjusted, 40.


standar<l weights, 40.

Office, the, 79.

Wine-money,

to extort, 229.

Withdraw Mail Matter, Application

Trouble, to create, 227.

to, 68.

to

Uncancelled postage stamps, 406.


Undeliverable

correspondence

re-

turned, 388.

Undertake postal business,

to, 18.

Union Parcel Post Regulations,


the

Postal

402.

407.

in the Postal

wrapper of a

Union,

parcel, 277.

a letter, 138.

Zone postage,

5.

presence of

in the

417-

Wrappei-, 209.

Writer of

be, 300.

Union,

179^233-

country not

Witness, to open
a,

undeliverable mail matter, 413.

country in

withdraw Postal Clerks,

Withdrawn, may not

inland-,

27.

steam-zone postage,'

4,

206.

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