CO129-247 - Acting Governor Fleming Governor Des Voeus - 1890 [10-12] — Page 103

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2

10%

3

of

this Government, but in regard to which nothing

has as

yet been settled.

The subject to which I refer is the surreptitious conveyance of Chinese correspondence to the serious

detriment of the Revenue in so far as postal charges.

are concerned.

2.

The late Colonial Postmaster General, in letter addressed to the

Colonial Secretary in July 1886 stated The illicit

transmission of Chinese correspondence is by no

means a new question; it is one which has been

before me more or less constantly during the eleven years I have been in

charge of the Postal department. It is a question surrounded with difficulties, the chief

of which is the non-existence of a Post Office in China.

F 1886

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2

10%

3

of

this Government, but in regard to which nothing

has as

yet been settled.

The subject to which I refer is the surreptitious conveyance of Chinese correspondence to the serious

detriment of the Revenue in so far as postal charges.

are concerned.

2.

The late Colonial_

Postmaster General, in letter addressed to the

a

Colonial Secretary in July

1886 stated The illicit

transmission of Chinese

correspondence is by

A

meano

anew

no

ew question; it

is one which has been.

before

me more or less

"constantly during the eleven I have been in

#

years

charge

"of the Postal department. It

is a question surrounded with difficulties, the chief

of which perhaps

perhaps is the

non-existence.

Office in China.".

of

a

Post

F

1886

1

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