they all now, Understand reach Bombay in the General Mails, and are assorted there,
in
"which leads to the necessity for the outward Ship Postage all take an early opportunity
being charged upon them.
of representing
to Her Majesty's Government, the
inconvenience and trouble this
is calculated to cause
arrangement
amongst Her Majesty's
Combined Forces in China, who
are scattered
at different Stations; and hope something will be done to remedy it, but in the mean time, I am anxious to realize the Postage for which the Bombay Post Master General
has kindly made himself responsible, and as the Clerk in charge of the Post Office informs me, that a number of letters for Your Excellency's Mail Ship for the different Ships of the Fleet, should be obliged by your allowing all that have
were sent on
not been delivered to be returned to the Post
Office
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Office, that the Postage due on ascertained and registered; and further by Your Excellency calling over such of Her Majesty's ships as have received their letters to furnish a return of those, on which Postage
as can be ascertained.
was due, as far
I have to
(Signed) Henry Bottenger