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Governor. No,
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HONG KONG
No. 44835
yard 289 1907 Postal Agencies
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at treaty Parto Considers it mynetipable that Mong should bear financial toas on account of & submits proposals by which existing arrangemen
wat could the
Mr Fiddes Antrobus
(Minutes.)
See also 44726
I should like to see these agencies abandoned but an afraid that there is ne hope of tlat at present. While they are retained I think it is obvious that
HengKong ought net to have to bear a less en A service
ich is mainly of use to British subjects in China
nd secondarily to the Empire at large.
I think that the proper solution is to ask the Treasury
te agree to Sir F Lugard's selution (a) 1.0. the
payment of the contributien enly on the net prefits. To arive at these prefits I think that the Agencies ought t
to be treated as a whele i.e contribution should only
be paid on the net profits, which remain after piDA
arising deducting any deficits from these Agencies which de
not pay their way.
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I de net care for solution (b) though it has been adopted in the Tientsin case. You will note from 44726/07 that
the suggested point that it is not right that the coa-
unity in a Treaty Port should be charged with part of
the Hong Kong Military Contribution has already been
Itakenn
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