CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12] — Page 441

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

12942

09.

sir,

3.0 *9387

SEP OC

TREASURY CHAMBERS.

grd

September 1909

432

Gov 24577

Gov

The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury

have had before Them your letter of the 18th June last (16999/1909), and other correspondence with regard to the British Postal Agencies in China, and Their Lordships

understand from your letter of the 12th August that an

immediate answer is required, with especial reference to

the case of the Tientsin Agency. It would, in Their

opinion, have been more convenient if a decision could

have been postponed pending a consideration of your further letter of the 26th August (24088/09), in which, with refer-

ence to the case of the Straits Settlements, the Secretary

of State proposes that the whole question of the Military

Contributions of the Eastern Colonies which in the case

of Hong Kong is mixed up with that of receipts from the

Postal Agencies-should be reopened; but in the circumstance a

They feel that it is necessary to arrive at some provi-

sional arrangement with regard to the latter, and accord-

ingly direct me to inform you as follows.

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1. Effect on Military Contribution.

My Lords have hitherto been in complete agreement

with the Army Council whose views, as expressed in War

Office letter of the 13th March 1908, were communicated

to

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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