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DESPATCH.

Governor. No,

915

HONG KONG

No. 44835

yard 289 1907 Postal Agencies

I have

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MO

(Subject.)

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26 DEC 07

at treaty Parto Considers it mynetipable that Mong should bear financial toas on account of & submits proposals by which existing arrangemen

wat could the

Mr Fiddes Antrobus

(Minutes.)

See also 44726

I should like to see these agencies abandoned but an afraid that there is ne hope of tlat at present. While they are retained I think it is obvious that

HengKong ought net to have to bear a less en A service

ich is mainly of use to British subjects in China

nd secondarily to the Empire at large.

I think that the proper solution is to ask the Treasury

te agree to Sir F Lugard's selution (a) 1.0. the

payment of the contributien enly on the net prefits. To arive at these prefits I think that the Agencies ought t

to be treated as a whele i.e contribution should only

be paid on the net profits, which remain after piDA

arising deducting any deficits from these Agencies which de

not pay their way.

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I de net care for solution (b) though it has been adopted in the Tientsin case. You will note from 44726/07 that

the suggested point that it is not right that the coa-

unity in a Treaty Port should be charged with part of

the Hong Kong Military Contribution has already been

Itakenn

'S.