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afforded by then to British residents in china may be
continued.
You are aware that other Powers maintain Postal
Agencies at Peking and the Treaty
Porte, in most instances
in apacious buildings having no connection with their
respective Conmlates and runaged by entirely sepurate
stais. As I had the honour to point out to you in my
despatch No. 304 of July 7, 1908, the United States Post
Office at Shanghai and the various German Postal Agencies
grant special postuga ratas on correspondence to their
own countries and colonies, and all correspondence posted
at the German Agencies is, I am inrored, sent to Europe
via Siber.&.
I have no information on to the cont of maintaining
the foreign Agəncies in Chine, but it must in each cang
be considerably in excess, ir oportionately to the nuber
meintained, of the loss incurred by the Hongkong Govern-
ment in respect of the British Agencias. Yet it is thought
worth while by the Powers concerned to continue the upkeep
of
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