Post Office Department for general
you are
"information and guidance you "requested to draw up sign and circulars to " me when stops will be taken to issue There inserted in the Government Gazette?
+
M' Spring at present in charge of The P.O. Office will be instructed to hand you every
assistance and to make
you
fully acquainted with the local regulations "He I have been from time to time laying "down for your guidance in order that,
you
"may point out what alterations they may "require to assimilate with,
I have
instructions"
(Signed) Richard Warren
"Thomas & Scales E39" "Deputy Superintendent Hongkong.
entered upon
upon my
Under these Regulations ! duties The arrivals and
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departures have not been till lately
to prevent me from accepting
numerous as
the Regulations. Recently however the arrivals have begun to be
to be so numerous and find my establishment con
trary, that I find my
eve
with the assistance of Mr Spring ingent to
the performance of the duties with regularity
or my credit able to supply. The accounts with the five ports, and ten places daily becoming; complicated the labour of the office abundantly
more important, and
one to endure, cannot the
too great for any climate daily becoming
more
and
more enervating.
to ask for this Government's authority
as
to increase my establishment as far may be found necessary It will be an
easy matter to reduce the establishment as those employed in it become acquainted with the details, and carry out system
easy
MHM
departures
away