д
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-views as to the desirability of
establishing
а
Pletter postage
rate in Hongkong,
that
I trust
you will nevertheless
consent to a postponement of the introduction of such a rate in this Colony till the 25th December 1899 in order to bot
allow of in
measures
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hor
Morgen
being de jou
vised to meet the loss of re-
venue
ed.
which will be entails
on my judgment, the initiation of the cheaper rate
should
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should be deferred until the deferred
Colony is possessed of a Post Office building which will be able to undertake the larger amount of work which a re- duction of the postage
will entail.
rate
postage rak.
At the present time, the dimensions of the existing Post Office are inadequate to the proper carrying on of the existing business and inju_ rious congestion
congestion has already occurred. I therefore look with-
uneasiness