post-commissioner

Updated: August 3, 2026

Thanks to Captain Bailey I suffered no inconvenience from the absence of the missionaries on whom I had relied for help in getting a cheque cashed, as he kindly introduced me to the postmaster, to whom he had brought a letter from the English post-commissioner at Chengtu, and this official most courteously gave me all the money I needed for the next stage of my journey.

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia