I carried some silver with me; the rest I put up in a package and handed to a native post in Chungking, which undertook to deliver it intact to me at Yunnan city, 700 miles away, within a specified time.

By my declaring its contents and paying the registration fee, a mere trifle, the post guaranteed its safe delivery, and engaged to make good any loss.

Money is thus remitted in Western China with complete confidence and security.

My money arrived, I may add, in Yunnan at the time agreed upon, but after I had left for Talifu.

As there is a telegraph line between Yunnan and Tali, the money was forwarded by telegraph and awaited my arrival in Tali.
There are no less than four native post-offices between Chungking and Suifu.