CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900 — Page 439

Bo Woolf (not Muff. de la Rue). Should supply them; that Suitable set would be 5 times £250

the cach of o -10₤300 + the cat

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The dres and dali plugs -

which laller arlictes would be suppled by de la Ran (? at an unstated cool).

The over Embossmout loptom seems to be Cheaper and quite adequatet, Effective

Chryfortunality, weither the Govt. despatch nor the Bd. of Tuland Remun Zeller seem to afford any clus to the Cost of applying the septem

Hong Kong. Apparently

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copy of the Correspondence, Am Agts [maluding copy of the boards teller]

and ask than to ascertain what thei Cast of the Embossment system would. be taking into account the material already belonging to the Colorry; and when. We get or reply from Cn. Cifti fand

дервурог In whole correspondance Copy of

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4215 Stamps

1900.

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[The above sumber and letter should be quoted in any reply addressed to

The Secretary,

Inland Revenue,

with the word

Somerset House,

London, W.C. Stamps

in the left-hand corner of the envelope.]

36753

Sir,

INLAND REVENUE,

434

SOMERSET HOUSE, London, W.C.

14th December 1900.

C O

40367

IREC

REG 5 DEL 007

I have submitted to the Board of Inland Revenue It

Lucas's letter of the 29th ultimo (No. 36753/1900) enclosing

a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, as to

a proposed revision of the stamping arrangements in that

Colony,

I am to observe that two different systems of stamping

appear to be contemplated in the papers viz:-

(I) by means of Recording Presses and

(2) by the process of the ayer-embossment of adhesive

Labels.

In regard to the adoption of Recording Presses, (which

is suggested by the Committee to enquire into the salaries

of subordinate Off cers in the Service of the Colony),

I am to state, for the information of Mr Secretary

Chamberlain that it appears to the Board to be doubtful

whether such Machines would be found satisfactory at Hong Under Secretary of State,

Kong

Colonial Office.