hired by Government pour Mr Gillespie Sam now directed by His Excellency to request that you will pay such sums to Mr. Matheson, on his furnishing you with the necessary receipts for the amount, as that gentleman has entered into a Bond to be accountable for when called upon by the Governor of the Colony to pay
it
I have t
the same
(Signed) Richard Wornum
Thomas J. Scales Esqre
Victoria,
Sir,
Hong Kong, April 26, 1864.
I have received and laid before
the Governor
your
letter of the 18th instant in answer to mine of the 16th
His Excellency desires me to observe in reply that he considers it a wise rule for
Government to promulgate no Regulations unless it has the ability to enforce them and is prepared to do so, and that he himself entertains considerable doubts whether Act of Parliament embraces or authorizes, Postage being levied on letters going to or coming from Macao, the Consular Ports, or Chusan.
The Postage which you may charge (that is include in a memorandum accompanying the Packets) on all letters which you may forward agreeable to the notification already sent to you will be collected and remitted to you by the Consuls, Consular Agent (at Macao) and Marine Magistrate (at Chusan) but, Sir Henry Pottinger cannot allow those functionaries to be further burdened with
the