CO129-079 - Public Offices - 1860 — Page 250

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Some Of

Boa

Hong Kong upon letters forwarded in the mails for France, Ao the French post office accounts to this department for such postage.

With respect to the British post office agencies at the Consular Costs in China and at Nagasaki (Japan) I have to observe that it appears to me that the very management of these agencies should be conducted by Hong Kong post office, and that direct accounts should not be opened between those agencies and this department. At the same time, I think that it would be unfair to throw upon the Colony the cost of maintaining these agencies, in the event of the expenses exceeding the amount of colonial revenue derived from the correspondence.

The course which I am inclined to recommend is to leave the Colonial post office to regulate and to pay all the expenses of agencies, and in aid of those expenses, first, to allow that post office the same share of the postage on letters between the United Kingdom and the parts in question, and the same Colonial rate upon all letters which do not pass through the United Kingdom that are to...

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Some Of Boa Tr Hong Kong upon letters forwarded in the mails for France, Ao the French post office accounts to this department for such postage. With respect to the British post office agencies at the Consular Costs in China and at Nagasaki (Japan) I have to observe that it appears to me that the very management of these agencies should be conducted by Hong Kong post office, and that direct accounts should not be opened between those agencies and this department. At the same time, I think that it would be unfair to throw upon the Colony the cost of maintaining these agencies, in the event of the expenses exceeding the amount of colonial revenue derived from the correspondence. The course which I am inclined to recommend is to leave the Colonial post office to regulate and to pay all the expenses of agencies, and in aid of those expenses, first, to allow that post office the same share of the postage on letters between the United Kingdom and the parts in question, and the same Colonial rate upon all letters which do not pass through the United Kingdom that are to...

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Some Of Boa Tr Hong Kong upon letters formarded in the mails for France, Ao the French post office accounts to this department for such postage. With respect to the British bost office agencies at the Consular Costs in China pasto and at Nagasaki (Japan) I have to observe that it appear to ene 11 that the very management of agencies should be the desirable these conducted by Hong Kong post office, and that direct accounts should not be opened between those agencies and this department. At the same trine, I think that it would be unfair to throw upon the Colony the cost 248 of maintaining these agencies, in the event of the expenses exceeding the amount of colonial revenue dirived from the correspondence. The course which I am inclined to recommend is to leave the Colonial post office to regulate and to pay all the expenses of agencies, and in aid of those the expenses, first, to allow that post office the bu and same share of the postage letters between the Elited Kingdom the parts in question, and the same Colonial rate upon all letter which to not pass through the Elnited Kingdom that are to be

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Some Of

Boa

Hong Kong upon letters formarded

in the

mails for France,

the

French post office accounts to this department for such postage.

With respect to the British

bost office agencies at the Consular

Costs in China

pasto

and at

Nagasaki

(Japan) I have to observe that

it appear

to ene

that the

very management of

agencies should be

the

desirable

these

conducted by

Hong Kong post office, and

that direct accounts should not be

opened

between those agencies and this department. At the same trine, I think that it would be unfair

to throw upon the Colony the cost

248

of maintaining these agencies, in the event of the expenses exceeding

the

amount of colonial revenue dirived

from the correspondence.

The

course which I am

inclined to recommend is to leave

the Colonial post office to regulate

and to pay all the expenses of

agencies, and in aid

those

the

expenses, first, to allow that post

office the

and

same share of the postage letters between the Elited Kingdom

the parts in

question,

and

the same Colonial rate upon all letter which to not pass through the Elnited Kingdom that are to

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