CO129-253 - Public Offices & Others - 1891 — Page 302

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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paying £810

a year towards

the Salaries and ananagement of the Agencies takes upon itself, in assessing the

loss on the Eastern email

Service, the entire

the entire abarge

falling to the

conoryance of China mails_other than those you Hong Kong itself. amounting to per annu

over £35,000

In point

of fact, while the Imperial Post Office assumes the cost of the Chinx section of the Fackel-service, the Hong Kong Post Office (through the Agencies) collects the postage on homeward correspondence

to this Department-

>

China, with the profitable

result shown above.

Having regard to these

au marenced

circumstances the claim of the Colony for contribution from Imperial funds towards the expense of the China. Agencies is one which, in the Postmaster General's opiniion cannot- be entertained; and dam to pequest that you will be so good as to inform the Sraretary of State

accordingly.

Jam

Lor

Your obedient servant,

and pays

only

SA Blackwood

China

the Postal genion transit rates on the quails from

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