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and his Lordship therefore, deseres you will at once discontine this practice, you will explain for his Lordships anformation, why you did, not rescont this ancimistance immediately upon the receipt of the order frour
the
Governor, instead of introducing to important a matter incidentally in a report upon a separate subject.
Copy
Sir
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Drowing Sheet
167 June
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Shave laid before the. Sesty.
Gladstone your.
letter of the 9th instant, Enclosing a copy
a copy of the Sustructions addressed by the Postmaster General to the Postmaster at Hong Kong to discontuine the practice, which had been adopted in conseque
of an order of the Governor, of delivering the correspondence pour lugland reaching Houg, Rong in the Marseilles portion of the smail before that despatched via Southampton .
to
Mr. Gladstone durists, me
Request that y
would acquach
the Postmaster Gencial, that he has no
tion on the subject pone Fir John
formation on
Dr Joh. HL Maberly
Davis,
a souce ground,
when
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that he presumes, that of the Governed.
any such order, it was on some appeared to burself weighty and sufficient; and that the order may perhaps be reiterated and insisted upon, notwithstanding the contrary directions of the Postmaster General; dan to add, that in the absence of any Report
M from the Governor, it is impossible for tr Gladstone to forme any decided opinion as to - what course ou
ought to be tation; and that this and all, suvilay, in com
stay in conveniences wonlo
be
and
obviated if the Officer of the Postmaster General would appried the Governon of his Exists, intention, as often as such an intention scents, to address any
representation to the footnantte
& Governors de Jeneral against any of the
and would acquaint the Governor, with the purport of such representation, because in that case the Governor's defence. the complaint could peach this Buntry siimultaneously; the prequent recolect of this pale in many different Colonies is a source of incons venience and delay to the Public Service, which it prests not with the Secretary of State, butesith the Postmaster General to oborate.
( Signed far Stephen