CO129-354 - Public Offices & Others - 1908 — Page 35

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No. 8075

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Mr. Nuttall,To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether, in view of the fact that at Tientsin, the second in importance among China treaty ports, the British post office will be closed unless the Chamber of Commerce guarantees the financial deficit, and in view of the fact that the British post offices at Hankow, Chefoo, and Canton are maintained without merchants being required to contribute to the working expenses, His Majesty's Government will undertake the charge, in order to assist our com- merce and maintain the same status for England as that established by Germany, France, and Russia at that port. [Thursday 12th March.]

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