to Mefits Hex Hawson VC: being in conformity with
my
written instructions
to the Post Master. The following morning
letters one to the address of
hee above
myself and one
to
my firm brought by
the same conveyance
were delivered by
friends on my behalf but several
some friends
expected letters being still missing I addressed a note to the Post Master
addressed
desiring
that
further despatches
for me might be delivered to me by reply to which he sent me three packets of letters, addressed to myself and of Regan VC one of which
posted by the April Mail from Ireland, and consequently ought to have been delivered the day before and the letter despatched from
were
other one was a
England by January Mail and forwarded by my Agents from Calcutta: Buitelomi
and
401
and bear the Hongking Post mark of since which period it must
the 26 May
consequently have been laying there. notwithstanding
been delivered to
me at
various times,
numerous letters have
been delivered to my address
proving
that
my
residence
was known, along with the three packets
above named, a memorandum was
added to my postage Book as follows "W Scales is perfectly confident there
are letters in this Office for Rogan
No more
7 Oct
for
Mr Carter" however the
next morning
I again sent a note demanding another search to be made still missing, and
were
another that
as several letters I succeeded in obtaining must have arrived along with the April mail on the 6th and
again
to a
subsequent application my postage book
was returned to me
with
a memorandum
stating