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te misapprehend altogether the footing upon which the Shanghae Post Office stands.
to
Upon the transfer of the Hoongthing Post Office to the Colony in opposition de the wishes of the local Government the
question
as to the
referred
was
Ageneics
at the Ports
to the Home Government
with an intimation that at all events the
and expense of these could
Management and
not be forced upon the Colony. The
Home Governm
Government decided that these -
Agencies must remain Sub-Offices of Horghong and
and offered to defray the ~
expense of certain stated Salaries at
the Ports ( £ 150 for Shanghai) expressing a hope that under these circumstances the Colony would consent to undertake
the
management of them- A duty which could not be properly performed or undertation by the Imperial Office.
The question therefore submitted to the Committee of the Chamber by the Chairman and quoted in the second paragraph of his letter to yourself as to the
or not of the Post Office
desirability
arrangements at Shanghae being under the Control of the Government of Hongkong
between this Government o
is
one
which
as
and
the Shanghoe Chamber of Commerce is wholly irrelevant. This Government is
quite as anxious to be relieved of the trouble and expense of the Shanghae Post office as the Shanghae Chamber of Commerce can be that the office should
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