No. 195.
Hongkong.
C.O
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TRECK
(NEG. 24 AUC 06
Government House,
Hongkong, 23rd. July, 1906.
My Lord,
MO
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With reference to the first paragraph of
Lord Onslow's despatch No.447 of the 30th. December, 1902,
in reply to Major-General Sir William Gascoigne's despatch-
Goo
es No.374 of the 20th. August and No.385 of the 29th.August
OL. 4087* 1902, on the subject, inter alia, of the establishment of a
British Postal Agency at Tientsin, I have the honour to
transmit a copy of a letter with enclosures from the Secre-
tary to the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce dated the
2nd. February last asking for a further consideration of
the question of establishing such an Agency.
2.
Upon receipt of that letter I approached His
Majesty's Minister at Peking on the subject of establishing
an Agency under Consular auspices, but his reply was un-
favourable
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3.
Thereupon I instructed the Postmaster
General to communicate with the The Chinese Engineering and
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,
&C.
&C. 1
800.
Mining
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