CO129-319 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [10-11] — Page 695

688

30.380

1813

1 J» J MO、 mutat o♪ nuovod add gved 1

*19*=1&d=19h betreiv i noijounjeni Mji# sonebros08

lotus bda- n÷A#778 iejauł Joseyng eff

IJ

.$

And ein diis iseaurari me E-JB31J29vor øved

2-19,uel anul urd to Larizi si nu -:8mcilot 26 916

J RUTI TejJen Liem džin viral doite „azrjenjeını*tA and to

24 33 Liteb abtextul Las, trigued? word scrl10 Just deisind

vitio da 1 se9:1:10 18178ial add 13 donend a ozir et 979if

-zanie sit at são bar,break" drol of eno bae,barizl

*** and ad afro bar,esej Batdü 101 ɛnajjal 118 .semið dquondl

3+1 821091 „BLIJKTJEIMinEA ikjest donyan add ddim Jae19uneI

.! Fund 9901dü 18119ml 913 davonij Jane Mo nao eqonu*

A AP) MUJ&D = −1J 901Jsena ji jeáj Enejensbau I .81790

‚«40¬#St{ug-3 Stidug JaF297) TIE 83991 bur 119*

X RJİ (signo) e Jedi 2001=mons exceɛ Ji

lemurðalvis Twiło las, corglasund denting e mi nordonul bipode

at us notie...) e at Jon et ycangk derving sås doid*

mijjet se i ek

OVD1190 | .190018211 „notango to e

14. 1

10 10 = 1910 ud ¿cuant uel Gau* und nit 901 ile ed Eluon

JA I SI Jaod sandü i#17911i sij seoid of ine,bient"

is! Lasten od: duren dort sites lle siined bue BACF1J

Ajoj sved bluow Janae4018776 0Å

E

..

•

Kİ kus JJ Znajja) Jei su111) Jao4 9290110 181784Kİ SİJ

+

17 Jo. Desetio in19pl add ad baiboed so biode 70179JAI

2001 Jejt 980th Leeud elu vai eiten Lue,(1ð gáð ni

978149219 70,18/ed2

Office to the same office.

5.

It would also be necessary to arrange for a

land service between Chefoo and Weihaiwei to enable the Eritish

Agencies to exchange malis. As soon as rails can be despatched

from British Agencies, via Siberia, this will be of extreme in-

portance, as no doubt the Eritish Rate will be 4 cents a half

ounce, instead of the union rate of 10 cents, now charged by the

Imperial Chinese Fost Office, and consequently all letters now

forwarded through that Office, will be brought to the British

Agency.

There is no direct Steam

communication bet-

ween Weihai-wei and Fort Arthur, and though it would be of the

very greatest advantage, if the steamer, which takes the mails between Shanghai and Fort Arthur, could call there on both

voyages, it is likely that the expense of making any such arrange- ment would be prohibitive. With a land service or a regular launch

service to Chefoo, Wei-bai-wei could receive and despatch malls

regularly via Siberia.

if the arrangements above suggested are made,

the Weihaizei Fost Office could continue as an Agency of Hongkong, till the new conditions had become thoroughly settled, when the question of a separate administration could again be raised. It could be possible then to form a more correct idea of the expen- diture to be incurred, and the revenue to be derived from the sale of heihalwe stamps and the direct issue of Money Order.

I have etc.,

(Sd.) L. A. k. Johnston,

Fostmaster-General.

AideVONCH

11

•

KJS7592 Tetacit

:)