and all Persons having letters to be sent to any of the Countries to which the payment of Portage at Hongkong is compulsory, set forth in the Post Office Regulations published in the Government Gazette of
to an
as
the 9th Instant - must enclose such letters to Agent or Friend at Hongkong to pay the postage upon them.
"Letters that may come for individuals at any of the Ports where a Consul is stationed will henceforward be sent (with a Memorandum of the Postage - if any chargeable on them) to the Consul,
who will be requested to allow one Establishment to deliver them on
on his
application (and payment of the Postage).
The Consuls will in like manner be requested to Keep a box open and to order letters to be received for transmission to Hongkong as laid down in the case of the Assistant
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Assistant Deputy Post Master at Chusan -
to any
Letters that
may
come addressed to
other Place in China than Macao,
the Five Consular Ports and Chusan will
be Kept at the Post Office at Victoria, till applied for and the Postage (if any) paid upon them.
By Order, (Signed) Richard Woosnam
Government House, Victoria,
Hongkong, 16th April, 1844
A True Copy
Michael Wormann