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and Shanghai and Yokohamx.
This proposals appears to chave arisen partly in consequence of the Government of Hong kong having fixed twopence per half
as the postage on
letters carried by private ship between
Hong kong and Shanghai
Yokohama
and as and partly owning to a like reductions of charge having some time snice been
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on letter carried buye British Packet between Lingapore. and Penang.
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Jam to request that will be good enough to informen the Earl of Carna
Carnarvon that
from the enquiry which ther Postmaster General. has caused
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to be made. it is found that a reduction of the British Packet Postage to the extent preommended would involve a sacrifice of Revenue of encore than £500 year, and as, judging from what followed in exse of the reduction of charge between Singapore and Penang, it is
very doubthel.
whether this won
ld be even
partially recouped by additional correspondence, Lord John Spanners
hesitate to recommend the
Treasury, to incur the risk of
such a
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Lordship
loss.
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any ciron considers that it will be desirables to postpone the
question until it shall be seen
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