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My Lord,
Conclosures.
Conclosure 2.
125
Government House,
Hongkong, 23rd. July, 1908.
With reference to Lord Elgin's
Despatch No. 263 of the 2nd. of last December, I have the
honour to transmit the correspondence noted in the annexed
schedule, and to inform Your Lordship that, as the British
Municipal Council at Tientsin is unable to guarantee the
payment of $8,843, being the estimated loss on the British
Post Office at Tientsin for next year, as calculated by
the Postmaster-General in the minute of which I enclose
a copy, I have given orders that the Office is to be
closed on the 10th. of next October.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Sh
Governor, &c..
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREWE,
&C.,
&c...
&C.