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Government House,
Hongkong, 21st. June, 1906.
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My Lord,
With reference to Your Lordship's despatch
No.92 of the 18th. ultimo transmitting copies of correspon-
dence which had passed between the Foreign Office and the
Colonial Office relating to the organization of the British
Postal Agencies in China, I have the honour to state that
there is no objection to the constables attached to His
Majesty's Consulates at the various Treaty Ports in China
being appointed the Postal Agents of this Government provid-
ed that such constables are reported by His Majesty's
Consul at each Port to be men capable of acting efficiently
as such Agents and provided His Majesty's Consuls will
exercise sufficient supervision over the Agents' Accounts
and Cash.
2.
In the case of the Agency at Kiungchow which
is already conducted by the Consular Constable, I am inform-
ed that the postal work at that Port is much less than that
at
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.
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