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opitish Post Office, Shanghai,

25th January 1901

#ith referance to your letter No.13 of the 13th instant,

I have the honour to inform your that,

(4) The charge for a single stang, face value 25 centimes, is 9 cents,

at the French Post Office: and for one face value 20 pfennige, the charge

∙isceats at the German Post Office. These stangs are the equivalents.

of the dongkong 10 cent, stamp.

(0) At the french rost Jffice the stamps are at present sold at the

rate of 3 francs: worth to the dolier, and the number of stamps may vary with the fluctuations of exchange. At the German rost.ffice the stamps are sold at the rate of 2.50 marks, aorth to the dollar, and the rate

does not. vary."

(8) At. the dussian Past Vffice the charge for 10 copeck stamp (equiva-

-lent. to 35 centimes or dongkong 10 cents) is 3 cents: at. the vapanese

Post Office the stamps are sold at the face value; at the American rost

Office united States postage is sold for gold at the Government rate of exchange anion changes every 3 months, out as a rule one 5 cent. stamp

is sold for 10 cents mexican. At these rost uffices the rate per single

stamp applies to any number of stamps' sold at one time.

$. Vornerall‹beris‹ Esquire

Acting Postmaster General

Hongkong.

1 31,

sir,

four obedient. servant,

(sed) W J. Solly

Postmaster.