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Her sustormer, with this difference
however, that
every punchnic is
entered in duplicate Brooks of which
the Amput keeps one and the office
Agent
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another.
It is understood that all
purchases for prorpores of
chinese
business will be allowed to count
for discount and will be entered,
so
bout suot is purchases for purposes
of European business, as the
Agency was established to
Ancilitate the sale of Stamps to Chinese.
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of every
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months the total of purchares is reported to the Government
and discount allowed at the rate
of ten per cent which is pack by the Treasury to the Disput
Agent.
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It would be inconvenient to
refund the discount on each purchase
as it would throw the accounts
of the Office into confusion, render
a strict audit almost imposible
and would also open a
door for
irregularities which would be
Az present
difficult to Check.
the Government has a very fair
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check both
On
the collections and
on the discount, I scarcely see
how it could be maintained
if
the discount were allowed