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GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON.

22 March 1899.

Sir,

I am directed by the Postmaster General to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th ultimo, No. 3628, enclosing a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, relating to the estimated loss to the revenue of that Colony through the adoption of the penny postage scheme.

In reply I am to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, that the reduction of collections on letters from Hong Kong for the United Kingdom at the rate of 1d. per ounce, as estimated by this Department was £2,100, i.e. $21,000; and that this estimate was arrived at without any consideration of the letters from other parts of China (a reduction in the postage on which it was no part of the scheme to introduce), or of the letters from Hong Kong itself for any part of the Empire other than the Mother Country.

It is understood that the exclusion from the penny postage scheme of other British Postal Agencies in China...

Under Secretary of State

COLONIAL OFFICE.

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GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON. 22 March 1899. Sir, I am directed by the Postmaster General to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th ultimo, No. 3628, enclosing a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, relating to the estimated loss to the revenue of that Colony through the adoption of the penny postage scheme. In reply I am to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, that the reduction of collections on letters from Hong Kong for the United Kingdom at the rate of 1d. per ounce, as estimated by this Department was £2,100, i.e. $21,000; and that this estimate was arrived at without any consideration of the letters from other parts of China (a reduction in the postage on which it was no part of the scheme to introduce), or of the letters from Hong Kong itself for any part of the Empire other than the Mother Country. It is understood that the exclusion from the penny postage scheme of other British Postal Agencies in China... Under Secretary of State COLONIAL OFFICE. Page 180 Page 181
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养 NC 370 Y. 7253 Recy 8 177 Pece 23 MAR 19 GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON. 22 March 1899. ست b 7628 Sir, I am directed by the Postmaster General to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th ultimo, No. 3628, enclosing a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, relating to the estimated loss to the revenue of that Colony through the adoption of the penny postage scheme. In reply I am to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, that the reduction of collections on letters from Hong Kong for the United Kingdom at the rate of ld. per ounce, as estimated by this Department was £2,100, i.e. $21,000; and that this estimate was arrived at without any consideration of the letters from other parts of China (a reduction in the postage on which it was no part of the scheme to introduce), or of the letters from Hong Kong itself for any part of the Empire other than the Mother Country. It is understood that the exclusion from the penny postage scheme of other British Postal Agencies in China Under Secretary of State COLONIAL OFFICE. has Page 180Page 181
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NC 370 Y.

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GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON.

22 March 1899.

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7628

Sir,

I am directed by the Postmaster General to acknowledge

the receipt of your letter of the 24th ultimo, No. 3628,

enclosing a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong

Kong, relating to the estimated loss to the revenue of that

Colony through the adoption of the penny postage scheme.

In reply I am to state, for the information of Mr.

Secretary Chamberlain, that the reduction of collections

on letters from Hong Kong for the United Kingdom at the

rate of ld. per ounce, as estimated by this Department

was £2,100, i.e. $21,000; and that this estimate was arrived

at without any consideration of the letters from other parts

of China (a reduction in the postage on which it was no

part of the scheme to introduce), or of the letters from

Hong Kong itself for any part of the Empire other than the

Mother Country.

It is understood that the exclusion from the penny

postage scheme of other British Postal Agencies in China

Under Secretary of State

COLONIAL OFFICE.

has

Page 180Page 181

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