On turning to ways and means a gentl nian wished to know what would become of the Tis, 275 of income estimated be obtained from the Local Post if te Shanghai Municipa) Council carried out their proposal to handle no letters save those prepaid with Shanghai L.P.O, stamps, He considered that, as things whereat present, Hunkow gave an undue advantage to Shanghai, by purchasing their L P.O, stamp sat face values for the use of Hankow non-subscribers; but under the proposed new arrangement it would be atill worse, since Shanghai would then take all the pay. H.M. Consul remarked that the question wi no doubt, intended to strengthen the hands of the Council in certain eventualities, while the Chairman of the Council replied that it was of course impossible to say what action would be taken till the question came actually before them,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.