CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 239

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with the decision of the Imperial Treasury to relieve this

Government of the charge of the Postal Agencies in China

after the close of this year, the Post Office at Shanghai

will shortly be handed over to the Imperial Government,

I have the honour to forward for Your Lordship's informa-

-tion the following particulars concerning that Post

Office.

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2.

The original site of that office

10100%0.

was granted to this Government at a nominal rent of $1.00

per annum for so long as it should be used as a British

Post Office. The extension to the original site was leased

to this Government for 99 years at a rent of Taels 1,200

payable to the Office of Works at Shanghai, the land to

be used solely for the purpose of the British Post Office.

(See Sir M. Nathan's Despatch No. 51 of the 27th. February

1905.)

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE MARL OF CRIME,

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