CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903 — Page 154

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said that because they (Reiss and Company) used the Chinese Post Office they were compelled to pay duty according to Regulations and thus could not avoid suffering loss as compared with others. Inquiries had been made at the British and German Post Offices at Shanghai and a request preferred of them, that in case any registered parcels containing jewellery should arrive, they would send a note to the Customs that they might make examination and proceed according to regulations; they had received a reply from the British Post Office, saying that they thought that generally speaking, the request could be agreed to, but that it would be necessary to report to the British Postmaster General and wait for instructions.

The German Post Office merely said that hitherto they had had no regulation requiring registered parcels to be submitted to the Customs for examination. This report having come to our Board with a request for consideration and instruction, we made investigation and find that several nations have established their own post offices in China, and that in the beginning there

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150 said that because they (Reiss and Company) used the Chinese Post Office they were compelled to pay duty according to Regulations and thus could not avoid suffering loss as compared with others. Inquiries had been made at the British and German Post Offices at Shanghai and a request preferred of them, that in case any registered parcels containing jewellery should arrive, they would send a note to the Customs that they might make examination and proceed according to regulations; they had received a reply from the British Post Office, saying that they thought that generally speaking, the request could be agreed to, but that it would be necessary to report to the British Postmaster General and wait for instructions. The German Post Office merely said that hitherto they had had no regulation requiring registered parcels to be submitted to the Customs for examination. This report having come to our Board with a request for consideration and instruction, we made investigation and find that several nations have established their own post offices in China, and that in the beginning there

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150 said that because they (Reiss and Company) used the C Chinese Post Office they were compelled to pay duty according to Regulations and thus could not avoid suf- fering loss as compared with others. Inquiries had been made at the British and German Post Offices at Shanghai and a request preferred of them, that in containing case any registered parcels should arrive, jewellery, they would send a note to the Customs that they might make examination and proceed according to they had received a reply from the Bri- regulations; tish Post Office, saying that they thought that generally speaking, the request could be agreed to, but that it would be necessary to report to the Bri- tish Postmaster General and wait for instructions. The German Post Office merely said that hitherto they had had no regulation requiring registered parcels to be submitted to the Custans for examination. This report having come to our Board with a request for consideration and instruction, we made investigation and find that several nations have established their own post offices in China, and that in the beginning there

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said that because they (Reiss and Company) used the

Chinese Post Office they were compelled to pay duty

according to Regulations and thus could not avoid suf-

fering loss as compared with others. Inquiries had

been made at the British and German Post Offices at

Shanghai and a request preferred of them, that in

containing

case any registered parcels should arrive,

jewellery, they would send a note to the Customs that

they might make examination and proceed according to

they had received a reply from the Bri-

regulations;

tish Post Office, saying that they thought that

generally speaking, the request could be agreed to,

but that it would be necessary to report to the Bri-

tish Postmaster General and wait for instructions.

The German Post Office merely said that hitherto they

had had no regulation requiring registered parcels to

be submitted to the Custans for examination. This

report having come to our Board with a request for

consideration and instruction, we made investigation

and find that several nations have established their

own post offices in China, and that in the beginning

there

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