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regard to the establishment of a Chinese branch of the Hong Kong Post Office.

If, however, it should be decided to introduce into the

Colonial Legislature of song are referring Kong any to the subject, the Postmaster General will be happy to draft being furnished, together with partienters of the scheme proposed

Consider it on a

The details of the present proporal are not given,

but

it is assumed that it is proposed to matte an

carrange_ ment with some private firm,

Singapore, to whom

avat

outside

letters addressed to persons living in China Hong Kong shall be handed by the Post Office in bulk_ for dispatch, and through

whom

whom letters.

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other

coming from parts of China shall be handed to the Post Office of Stong Hong for distribution in song long.

Not long age

in connexion

with a proposal to institute a Postal Agency in America for the distribution of pareds the Postmaster General

advised that it was

legally advised

ho

part of his duties to Establish private agencies for the circulation of postal packets in foreignCombies An objection of a similar Kind abviously applies to the constitution by the Post Office agent of stong dong of any

for the despatch and circu- lation of letters throughout China.

a

By conferring a monopoly

fan Agent the Bost

Office

in