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Singapore and HongKong) and offers to place a few of our men"

in your Shanghai Post Office,

Semi official of 28th. March again attempts to repudiate

the HongKong territorial rate and offers to place a couple of"

"trustworthy foreigners in your Shanghai Agency under your

"Postmaster so as to make all go fair and straight and we can have"

a Marine Sorter on your English Mail Steamers." Replied to by

letter No.296 dated 3rd. May. HongKong territorial rate a ! sine

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que non either at HongKong or Shanghai

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sea or land rates

charged that the Colony paid for instance letters to Aden from

Shanghai would simply pay, the HongKong territorial rate of francs

1.90 and the sea rate of 14 francs. Returned thanks for offer

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(whilst declining it ) of placing postal employee's of China

in the British Post Office at Shanghai. Despatch No.84 from

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Peking dated 20th. May China considers the existence of the "

Shanghai British Post Office a recessity would forward its "

+ mail matter north or Foochow though Shanghai and south of

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Wenchow through HongKong..

Admits right of territorial rate but in the Union a

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distinction is drawn between closed mails and mails"a de-

convert" refers to Article 4, Section 3, 222, b, wants to know

what