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anticipated) will be seen the following brief sketch of the

correspondence.

All the documents

quoted will be found, unless otherwise indicated in CS0.325 of 1884

5.

dev 1880 Lord Rumberly

Considered that he contribution

Eu 1882

acked from Hongkong should not exceed £ 2.700 a year (C. O. to Freamery 18-8.00). The Treasing

thereupon dropped the eubject for nearly livo

years. Lood Kimberly offered to ack Hongkong to contribute £. 2500

unnally whilst the then contract lasted (C. O. to Freasury 20. 2.82) and,

His Lordship ficially replied that he Mail Service is kept up unch more in Imperial than in Colonial, interests, and dechired to ack

in the same.

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year.

than £6000 a

year from dongdong

Hongkong ( C. C. to trea

6.

205

evry. 7.1282).

J. 1883 Lord Derty agaiiv refresh

to ask stong kong for

£6,000 a

a year,

more than

and would asks

that only during the continuance

of the then contract, (C. O k o It is clea

9.10.83).

siv the

Secretaries

ASAA

Arx

minds of

of

Treasury

that what was

State is this limitation.

eventual reductions.

than aw

of

the demared,

for, in 1886, Lord Granville, looking

forward to a saving

under the new

contract, presumes the Eastern Colonies will share in it prorata. ( Enclosure to C. O. Despatch N° 87 of May 14th 1886).

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The Treasury replied that Ceylow would share in it, because Aylow

coas

Arid

paying all that had been acked of it (£1,400) but that Suigapore Hongkong £6000

zvereƒ

a year

> 20

ly paying

each, which