26.11.01
No.22
Sir,
83
17 FEB 2
Government House,
Hongkong, 17th January, 1902.
I have the honour to transmit for your information the enclosed copy of a letter from Captain Hastings, Postmaster-General, relative to the Chinese Branch Post Office which exists in the British Colony of Wei-Hai-Wei, and to enquire whether any action has yet been taken in the direction indicated in the 4th paragraph of that letter.
2.
I am not aware of the results of the conferences at Downing Street to which the Postmaster-General refers, nor has this Government been informed that the Chinese Post Office on Liu Kung Tau is to be abolished. I agree, however, with the arguments urged by Captain Hastings in his letter to the Under Secretary of State of May 1900, of which he has furnished me with a copy, and I venture to hope that the matter will receive the early consideration of His Majesty's Government.
132.
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
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BCC...
800.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
F. M. Gascoigne
Major-General,
Administering the Government.