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etc., etc., whose interests do not compare with those
of Tientsin, have been enjoying the privilege of a
Penny Postage for some time, the correspondence of
British merchants at the last named port continues
to be taxed at 24 pence per ounce.
The China League is convinced that the disabil-
ity under which British merchants now labour at this
port has merely to be brought to the notice of His
Majesty's Government to secure its removal.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
A.R. Burkill,
Hon. Secretary.