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Tariffs. Some few mercantile houses have
even paid.
-paid the higher Brindisi rate on all their letters, no matter where directed or by what
route rather than have the trouble of remembering differential rates. I do not
hesitate to
say that the communities on
this Coast would rather pay
than 5 by
.12.
6 all round
one route, and 4 by the other.
I venture therefore to ask whether it " would not be possible to establishing the following rates for both routes (Marseilles and Brindisi) and indeed for correspondence forwarded from Hongkong to all countries of
the Postal Union ;-
Letters per 5 02:
Post Cards, each
Newspapers Book's, per 2.01:
Registration
10 cents. 5?)
3
(1/2)
2
(P)
༡
(1)
10
(5?)
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Proposed by Hongkong
Southampton
Cents Via Brindisi Via Marseilles or
Cents
12
Via Brindisi Via Marseilles
Cents
By any Route
Cents
Cents
8
4
#
01
10
4
+ ∞
3
8
no or or
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Comparative Table
Of Existing Rates of Postage, those proposed by London, and those proposed by the Honghong Office.
Existing Rates
Proposed by London
Letters per 1/2 01: Post Cards, each
Newspapers
Books,
1306
3. per
Registration
276