CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 324

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PEKING,

20425

Med 12 JUN 12

April 17th, 1902.

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My lord:-

With reference to Your Lordship's dospetch

No.25 of February 22nd, trensritting copy of e lettor

from the Colonial Office on the subject of Fritish

Postal Agencies in China, and requesting me to fur-

nish my views on the question whether the Chinesc

Government, myht take exception to a lower rete buing

charged by those aguncies then is charged by the

Chincae perial Post, I have the honour to enclose

copios of correspondence exchenged between myself

end Sir Robert Heri cu this subject.

It will be perceived that in his opinion a

Pritish penny rete will not conflict in any way with

Chinese postel intcreato.

In my telegram No.71 of March 20th, I

observed that there exists no British Postal Agency

Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G.,

&C.,

&c., &c.,

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