Post office - station

Japanese: 駅逓局 - えきていきょく

〘Noun〙 Post office. In the Japanese system, it was the name of the Japan Post Public Corporation in the early Meiji period. It was in charge of postal services and money order savings, and belonged to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and the Ministry of Communications from January 1877 to March 1877. ※Beijing-Eu Kairan Jitsuroku (1877)〈Kume Kunitake〉2 "It is a fast train of the post office, and travels 60 miles per hour."

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Japanese:

〘名〙郵便局のこと。日本の制度では、日本郵政公社の明治前期における称。郵便と為替貯金事業を管掌し、明治一〇年（一八七七）一月から同二〇年三月まで内務省、農商務省、逓信省に属した。※米欧回覧実記（1877）〈久米邦武〉二「駅逓局の早車にて、一時間に六十英里を走るものなり」

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