without delay for the transmission of Correspondence between China & England by the safest & most expeditious Route —
with regard
a. to the employment of Her Majesty's Consuls in China in making up and receiving Mails in connection with the Post Office, Lord Aberdeen will bear in mind the wish expressed in your Letter, and will communicate further with the Secretary of the Treasury, when the ulterior arrangements in China shall have been definitively settled.
Aberdeen
All Addington
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