300
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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