CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 80

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Convention regulating transmission of Correspondence and newspapers to and from the United States and China by means of Steamers.

Hong Kong, ... of the Pacific mail

It is with much regret, however, that he has felt unable to accede to your suggestion to lower the rate of 8 Cents per ounce at present charged by this Post Office on letters forwarded by those Steamers, not merely on the ground of the obvious inconvenience resulting from constituting a different rate of Postage, and thereby complicating the general account, an inconvenience which in the general public interests he should have been anxious to put up with, but also on the ground that this Post Office charge is already liable to a loss of four cents on all such letters received from the Post Offices in China and Japan.

His Excellency trusts that you will agree with him under these circumstances that a diminution of the existing rate of 8 Cents could not reasonably be expected.

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73 Convention regulating transmission of Correspondence and newspapers to and from the United States and China by means of Steamers. Hong Kong, ... of the Pacific mail It is with much regret, however, that he has felt unable to accede to your suggestion to lower the rate of 8 Cents per ounce at present charged by this Post Office on letters forwarded by those Steamers, not merely on the ground of the obvious inconvenience resulting from constituting a different rate of Postage, and thereby complicating the general account, an inconvenience which in the general public interests he should have been anxious to put up with, but also on the ground that this Post Office charge is already liable to a loss of four cents on all such letters received from the Post Offices in China and Japan. His Excellency trusts that you will agree with him under these circumstances that a diminution of the existing rate of 8 Cents could not reasonably be expected.
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73

Convention regulating trans-

-mussion

of

Correspondence

and newspapers to and from

the United States and

by means. Steamers.

Hong Kong of the Pacific mail

It is with mich regret however that be has felt mable to accede to your suggestion to lower the rate of

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A Cents per & Bunce at present charged by this Post Office on letters forwarded by those Steamers, not merely on the ground of the obvious incon.

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an mconvenience which in cal Oublic interesto he

the general

should have been ampions

to put up with, but also on

the ground that this Past office

charge

is already liable to a

of four cents on all such letters received from the dependent

in China and Japan.

Post Offices Offices

This Excellency Unsto

that you will

agree with lim under these circumstances

that a diminution of the existing

rate of & Cents -ably be expected..

could not reason=

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