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of the Postal Union, which is to meet at Rome, may not

improbably molify the existing conditions in regard to

transit rates and to the statistical basis of accounts.

When a new Postal Union Convention is concluded, it will

probably be desirable to revise those provisions of the

Hong Kong and China arrangement, which relate to the rates

for transit and the statistical basis for transit accounts,

in so far as the services which either Administration

performs for the other are such as it has again to account

for to other Administrations, and also as regards the

operation of the statistics.

It is understood that, if the Hong Kong Post Office

has to pay a full sea rate on correspondence received from

the Chinese Administration in transit for the United

Kingdom or foreign countries, the repayment of charges

which under Article V of the Arrangement is to be made

by the Chinese Administration is not to be at rates lower

than those which the Hong Kong Administration has to pay.

The Postmaster General will be interested to learn

what provision is to be made for the conveyance by Chinese

Service of mails from one British ship of var to another. I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

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Mr. Cox.

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Mr. Graham.

Sir M. Ommanney.

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Mr. Lyttelton.

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