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In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

13155

09.

Immediate

122 1

28654

RES

the

6 August 1908

TREASURY CHAMBERS

Sir,

27183

25608

The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had before Them the letters from your Department of the 15th (24506/08), 17th (25608) and 21st (26368) ultimo,

on the subject of the British Postal Agency at Tientsin. They have also received a copy of the letter on the same subject addressed by the Postmaster General to your Department on the 25th ultimo, I am now to state, for the information of the Earl of Crewe, the conclusion at which Their Lordships have arrived.

My Lords cannot assent to the view implied by the penultimate paragraph of the letter from the China Association of the 14th ultimo, that this Agency should as a matter of course be maintained solely at Imperial charges. In view, however, of the opinion of the Postmaster General that the immediate abolition of the Agency is inexpedient, They will not refuse to co-operate in the maintenance of the Agency on a provisional basis for one year from 10th October next.

They are accordingly prepared, in the special circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any general decision which may be arrived at before October

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted. 13155 09. Immediate 122 1 28654 RES the 6 August 1908 TREASURY CHAMBERS Sir, 27183 25608 The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had before Them the letters from your Department of the 15th (24506/08), 17th (25608) and 21st (26368) ultimo, on the subject of the British Postal Agency at Tientsin. They have also received a copy of the letter on the same subject addressed by the Postmaster General to your Department on the 25th ultimo, I am now to state, for the information of the Earl of Crewe, the conclusion at which Their Lordships have arrived. My Lords cannot assent to the view implied by the penultimate paragraph of the letter from the China Association of the 14th ultimo, that this Agency should as a matter of course be maintained solely at Imperial charges. In view, however, of the opinion of the Postmaster General that the immediate abolition of the Agency is inexpedient, They will not refuse to co-operate in the maintenance of the Agency on a provisional basis for one year from 10th October next. They are accordingly prepared, in the special circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any general decision which may be arrived at before October The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.
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In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted. 13155 09. Immediate زیم 122 1 28654 RES the 6 August 1908 TREASURY CHAMBERS Sir, ма 27183 ма. 25608 The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had before Them the letters from your Department of Treas the 15th (24506/08), 17th (25608) and 21st (26368) ultimo, Me Gov on the subject of the British Postal Agency at Tientsin. They have also received a copy of the letter on the same subject addressed by the Postmaster General to your Depart- ment on the 25th ultimo, I am now to state, for the informa- tion of the Earl of Crewe, the conclusion at which Their Lordships have arrived. an My Lords can not assent to the view implied by the penultimate paragraph of the letter from the China Association of the 14th ultimo, that this Agency agency in a foreign country should as a matter of course be maintained solely at Imperial charges. In view, how- ever, of the opinion of the Postmaster General that the immediate abolition of the Agency is inexpedient, They will not refuse to co-operate in the maintenance of the Agency on a provisional basis for one year from 10th October next. They are accordingly prepared, in the special circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any general decision which may be arrived at before October The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. 1909
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In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

13155

09.

Immediate

زیم

122 1

28654

RES

the

6 August 1908

TREASURY CHAMBERS

Sir,

ма 27183

ма. 25608

The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have had before Them the letters from your Department of

Treas the 15th (24506/08), 17th (25608) and 21st (26368) ultimo,

Me

Gov

on the subject of the British Postal Agency at Tientsin. They have also received a copy of the letter on the same subject addressed by the Postmaster General to your Depart- ment on the 25th ultimo, I am now to state, for the informa- tion of the Earl of Crewe, the conclusion at which Their Lordships have arrived.

an

My Lords can not assent to the view implied by the penultimate paragraph of the letter from the China Association of the 14th ultimo, that this Agency agency in a foreign country should as a matter of course be maintained solely at Imperial charges. In view, how- ever, of the opinion of the Postmaster General that the immediate abolition of the Agency is inexpedient, They will not refuse to co-operate in the maintenance of the Agency on a provisional basis for one year from 10th October next.

They are accordingly prepared, in the special circumstances of the case and without prejudice to any general decision which may be arrived at before October

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

1909

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