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Enclosure in Doyen's Circular No. 116 of 2nd April 1903.
TREES 8 JUN 03
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Prince Ch'ing to Mr. Conger.
On the 30th of the Second Moon of the XXIX Year of Kuanghsu (March 28th, 1903) I received a report from the General Post Office to the effect that they had received a communication from the Post Master at Shanghai, saying that on the 24th of the last Moon of the present year a firm of foreign merchants, "T'ai Ho", (Messrs. Reiss and Company) had come to the office to receive four registered packages, which had been sent from India, and which contained jewellery worth Tls. 35,000 that according to the Regulations report had thereupon been made to the Customs, and that a duty of 5% ad valorem had been paid, amounting to Tls. 1,750, but that they had been informed by the said merchants that there were other foreign firms in Shanghai that were receiving such parcels through the post, and that, if they were sent through the foreign post offices established in China, they could be received without the payment of any duty whatever.