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No.262.
PEKING,
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November 23rd, 1893.
My Lord:-
With reference to a paragraph which I
believe has appeared in several Continental news-
papers to the effect that the Inspector General of
Customs was about to establish with the consent of
the Chinese Government, a postal system for China
I have the honour to report as follows:-
Sir Robert Hart has, he informs me,
Ob-
tained in principle the sanction or the Chinese
Government to the establishment of Local Chinese
Post Offices at the various Treaty ports which will
be managed and administered by the Customs Autho-
rities, and at the same time the Central Government
has expressed its readiness to consider the advant-
ages of China joining the postal Union. The scheme
is not intended however to depass at present the
limits of the Treaty Ports nor does the Inspector
General seem to think that any addition to his staff
The Earl of Rosebery, K.G.,
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820., &c.
beyond