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and Shanghai and Yokohamx.

This proposals appears to chave arisen partly in consequence of the Government of Hong kong having fixed twopence per half

as the postage on

letters carried by private ship between

Hong kong and Shanghai

Yokohama

and as and partly owning to a like reductions of charge having some time snice been

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on letter carried buye British Packet between Lingapore. and Penang.

You

Jam to request that will be good enough to informen the Earl of Carna

Carnarvon that

from the enquiry which ther Postmaster General. has caused

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to be made. it is found that a reduction of the British Packet Postage to the extent preommended would involve a sacrifice of Revenue of encore than £500 year, and as, judging from what followed in exse of the reduction of charge between Singapore and Penang, it is

very doubthel.

whether this won

ld be even

partially recouped by additional correspondence, Lord John Spanners

hesitate to recommend the

Treasury, to incur the risk of

such a

Ender

Lordship

loss.

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any ciron considers that it will be desirables to postpone the

question until it shall be seen

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