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April 1910.

95

03 of 22nd

Sopt, 1009 $1 of 2nd

Sept. 1900 80 of 30th

Sept. 1950

of Oct. 1200 80 of 21st

Oct. 1309 31 of "Oth

Oct. 1909 72 of 5th

Jan. 1010. 89 of 7th

(Mar. 1010! 60 of 19th

ar. 1910.

Gov

2497

Sir.

I am directed by the Poatraster General to return hero- with the nine Treasury reformnces'apocified in the margin

covering correspondence received by their Lordships from the

Colonial Office respecting the Postal Agencies maintained by

the Colony of Hong Kong on Chinese territory. The Postmaster

General has considered most carefully the development of this

mtter since the 2nd of September last, when their Lordships

1/29387/09

notified the Colonial Office that they were prepared to

guarantee ono half of the net loss on the Agencies, the

remainder being left to the Secretary of State, the Colory, and the Communities concerned to adjust as might be agreed on

between them.

2.

The figures as to the deficit, given in the Governor's letter of the 17th December 1008, although mhbject to some

modification as explained in the Post Office letter of the

24th of August last, will probably serve sufficiently to

indicate the relative importance of the Agencies in this

connexion. The figures which take no accomt of office room

and staff at Hong Kong) are as folleret-

Shanghai

Dofioit

25,512

Tientsin

#

8,445

Chefoo

#!

3,781

Hankow

#

1,400

Ningpo

#

640

Sooratary,

Poochow

TREASURY