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Show Illy W. ToUjsmi.il. L'. S. AND J APAN MAIL SICltVlCK. ' Washington, lil. The iiuestion of1 increasing the mail service between the! United States and Japan, from monthly month-ly to fornightly mails, and doubling the subsidy to the Pacifio Mail steamship line, which is now $'UU,U0U, will be considered by the house appropriation committee. The temper of the committee com-mittee seems to be in tiivor of the proposition. pro-position. Paet-s in the possesion of Mr. Sargent, of California, a member of tho committee-, show that during the year past 400, U00 pounds of tea were brought to this country from Japan and China over this route, being oue-third of the amount imported from all sources during the year; also showing that the legitimate increase of revenue derived from the tea trade since the establishment of this line has more than paid the subsidy allowed by the government. |
