MINUTES.
MINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN
ON THIS SIDE.
Mr Beckett
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annexed to this poses.
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HONGKONG. 28th December, 1922.
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I have the honour to transmit to Your Grace the accompanying copies of correspondence with His Majesty's Divisional Architect at Shanghai on the subject of the Post Office building at Shanghai.
2.
In this connection I would request reference
to the correspondence noted in the margin which dealt inter
alia with the question of the payment to this Government of the building now referred to. In that correspond- ence this Goverment preferred claims (a) for half the cost of the working of the Postal Agencies in 1910 (b) for the value of the Post
Governor's despatch No.355 of the)
21st October, 1910. 1.Governor's despatch No. 47 of the
3rd February, 1911.
3 Governor's Confidential despatch
of the 15th September, 1911. Secretary of State's despatch No.
273 of the 15th September 1911. Governor's despatch No. 49 of the
9th February, 1912.
6. Governor's Confidential despatch of the 12th March, 1912.
Refs. 2t 36184/10
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11255/12-
Office building at Shanghai and (c) for the value of the furniture and fittings in the various Agencies throughout China. These claims have never been met and the only
payments received by this Government are those mentioned
for 1255 fre
in the Secretary of State's despatches of 19th April, 1912,
00/19770/1 and 19th June, 1913, viz., two sums of £1,500.
3.
In the enclosure to the Secretary of State's Confidential despatch of 18th July, 1913, it was stated that the Postmaster General hoped to formulate proposals under which this Government would resume control of the Agencies
in
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, K.G.,
&c.
HONGKONE,
&o..
&c.