Mer Lucas,

This paper has been delayed

made

to recover

as

the previon cores: introducing the

to the question of

not the

Anny boat in at the treaty tot ind

China, ar to this

Kee

paa 3 of

letter to Treas im

and

SPO

modest

the ovenor

an

26504 Several 98

27239/98, and

an

am

reply 36 28 199, and page 3 of 42915/01. The Governor of stong Many asked for increased in penal grant for the purpose of toy introducing kuny bolage at the realy Posts and (2) opening too more branch offices. bis I think we should

opinion [ ending explicitly ask the F. for them copy of para 3 of 265044/98 with

Everal reference to the 5.1.0. letter of Cat December which we send them I as to whether, from a political fount of Now they how see any objection to this kenny postage in her of the facts mentioned in 29163/01.

[The present ett altogether

quores that point,

It would I then't be useless

in view of this lukewarm support the part of the T. to to the Treasury for

now

an wereased grant morder to open the rew Natal Agencies, especially as it is practically to late to at any

grant from the

onde

reasury for the year 1902. 3, and when we ab the Fo. vauvan

C

A

the Tenny botare question. I 126 think we should be fore approaching the Treasury, send copy of the Correspondence to the Eovernor and ask hem to reconseder his estimate of the cost of the existing tostal Agencies in China', in new of G. 2. letter of ath Dec lash (42915) fainting and that if

appears to be the case,

ad

the ostat #rences

ar

the whole are

aprofit of the Ithong Lovernment, the

aquement for an mcreased grant in order to open new botal Agencies is les strong; and at the

lime

07

sane

ask why in 29163, he estimate the immediate loss of introducing kuny Patage

as high as $20000 whereas in

3620/99, he estimated the loss ab from $7000 to $5000.

Write to 2:0. as

proposed; but, if are reduce the "postage at the Treaty Port agencies to 19

I do not think we can

The Hike for postage at the

has since milladinced the 1. Rate agreein to bear the Cors,

if ans

Curro/n

· L (x)--46569-3000-8-9).

fairly ask the

Treasury, to matte good the loss

5

CPL

atance

ne

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