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625 : ce the steamer offices, and hence the expenses would doubtless exceed the receipts. These places are out of the jurisdiction of Imperial or Colonial Law, so far as regards the Post Office; you cannot oblige people to send letters by the regular post and hence they would use it if established, only when it happened to suit their convenience, for instance for the purchase of postage stamps, as above stated, and they would not be fettered with rules and regulations laid down by the Post Office, or by the hours set apart for public business. The proximity of the steamer office releases them from all these restrictions and they would continue to forward their letters out of the mail unless in any particular instance, they desired to avail themselves of the security of the Post Office. For these and other reasons we have come to the conclusion that no additional Post offices are necessary.

And hence we were the more willing to make the agreement referred to in paragraph 18, for handing over to the local Post office at Shanghai the exclusive conveyance of letters for certain ports, where they have facilities, owing to their connection with the merchants which the British Post Office could not obtain.

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625 : ce the steamer offices, and hence the expenses would doubtless exceed the receipts. These places are out of the jurisdiction of Imperial or Colonial Law, so far as regards the Post Office; you cannot oblige people to send letters by the regular post and hence they would use it if established, only when it happened to suit their convenience, for instance for the purchase of postage stamps, as above stated, and they would not be fettered with rules and regulations laid down by the Post Office, or by the hours set apart for public business. The proximity of the steamer office releases them from all these restrictions and they would continue to forward their letters out of the mail unless in any particular instance, they desired to avail themselves of the security of the Post Office. For these and other reasons we have come to the conclusion that no additional Post offices are necessary. And hence we were the more willing to make the agreement referred to in paragraph 18, for handing over to the local Post office at Shanghai the exclusive conveyance of letters for certain ports, where they have facilities, owing to their connection with the merchants which the British Post Office could not obtain. V
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C 625 : ce the steamer offices, and hence the expenses would doubtless exceed the receipts. These places are out of the juris- diction of Emperial on folonial Law, so far as regards the Post Office; you toblige people to send lettere by the regular post and hence they would use it if cotab. lished, only when it hap- pered to suit their convenience for instance for the purchase of postage stampo, as above. stated, and they would not be feltered with pules and regulations laid down by the Post Office, by the hours set apart for public business. The proximity of the steamer office releases then cases them prom all these restrictions and they would would contine to forward their letters out of the mail unless any particular mstance, they desired to avail themselves of the security of the Post office. For these the reaming ather reasons we have come to the conclusion that no additional Post offices ccessary. are and hence we were the mone willing to make the agreement referred to in paragraphe 18, for handing over to the focal Post office at Shanghai thee exclusive conveyance of letters for certain ports, where they have facilities, owing to their Conversion with the merchants which the British Post Office could not obtain P V
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the steamer offices, and hence the expenses would doubtless exceed the receipts. These places are out of the juris- diction of Emperial on folonial Law, so far as regards the Post Office; you

toblige people to send lettere by the regular post and hence they would use it if cotab. lished, only when it hap- pered to suit their convenience for instance for the purchase of postage stampo, as above. stated, and they would not be feltered with pules and regulations laid down by the Post Office,

by the hours

set apart for public business. The proximity of the steamer office releases then

cases them prom all

these restrictions and they

would

would contine to forward

their letters out of the mail unless any particular mstance, they desired to avail themselves of the security of the Post office. For these

the reaming ather reasons we have come to the conclusion that no

additional Post offices

ccessary.

are

and hence we

were the mone

willing to make the agreement referred to in paragraphe 18, for handing over to the focal Post office at Shanghai thee exclusive conveyance of letters for certain ports, where they have facilities, owing to their Conversion with the merchants which the British Post Office

could not obtain

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