• not
"present in the minds of the members of the Conge-
rence on
- postage within the British Empire when it was decided to embrace Hongkong
in the scheme of a penny postage
various
service between the
parts of Her Majesty's
dominions.
4.
The enclosed copy of a report by the Postmaster. General, Mr Thomson, shows that the reduced rate of pos
tage will prove
a loss to
this
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vate
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this Colony; that the new rake will work in favour only of
such merchants and others.
as
correspond with different -parts of the British Empire; I that the majority of the pope.
Seater
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lation here, being Chinese, will
Only not only not be benefitted by
Real
Enclosura con the change of rate but will d. fuck bear the larger portion of the (at loss of revenue entailed by
24th October 1898
to
the introduction of the alter.
ed rate; and that the Colony
&
Colony
will incur a loss in transit
charges