o/Sec.H.K.6.
The General Post Office, to Crown Agents.
General Post Office,
London.E.C.1.
13th November, 1923.
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Gentlemen,
With reference to your letter of the 6th instant, I am
directed by the Postmaster General to inform you that, normally, letters for Hong Kong sent via Siberia should reach their destination four or five days earlier than letters sent either
via Vancouver or via Suez, but from time to time there is a delay of a week to the Trans-Siberian "ails, doubtless through their missing the weekly train at Foscow. When this happens the Hails take rather longer than if sent via Suez or via North America.
There is no precise information as to the time
required to reach Wei Hai Wei; but, even with a delay of seven days, the Trans-Siberian Fails would probably arrive as early as the Fails by other routes.
Thus, if speed is the main consideration, the use of the Trans-Siberian route is recommended both for Hong Kong and Wei Hai Wei, but, as already explained, it is desirable to use it mainly for the transmission of one copy of correspondence sent in duplicate.
The Suez route, by which the Fails now reach Hong Kong
in 29 days, is quicker than the Canadian Pacific route to Hong Kong, the quickest time for which is 30 days.
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