CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 222

Ansel 26649

HONG KONG,

Sir,

220

F.0. /10198.

20

March 1902.

I am directed by Mr Sec: Cham: to ack:

the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant

on the subject of the piece of landad joining

the British Post Office at Shanghai.

2. In view of the fact that the British

Fostal Agencies are finding increasing diffi-

culty in competing with the Foreign Agencies

and that the Govt: of Hong Kong has recently

been pressing for an increase to the Imp-

erial subsidy on that ground, Mr Chamberlain

considers it desirable that the land should,

for the time being at any rate, be leased

to the Postal Agency at a nominal rental.

I am &c.

محرم