Copy.
No.112.
Commercial.
My Lord:-
BERLIN.
SAP 22 APR 98.
16th April, 1898.
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I have the honour to forward to Your Lord-
ship herewith, a copy of the new Law, with transla-
tion, which I have received from Mr. Harriss Gestrell,
Commercial Attaché to this Embassy, relating to
"Postal Subventions to Shipping Companies". This
Law was passed early in the month in the Reichstag;
and grants a yearly subsidy of £75,000 to the North
German Lloyd Company for a fortnightly service to
China. Their former contracts and this new one
are to be jointly continued for fifteen years.
I have &c.,
(Signed)
e Marquess of Salisbury. K.G.,
&c., &c., &c.,
Frank C. Lascelles.