my having, in consequence, Represented to that officer that it is out of my power consistently with .
my duty
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Conent, to
submit to any one of the assistants __ continuing to act in the capacity of Agent for the Post office at Hongkong, since it seriously interferes with the quiet transaction of the Concenlar.. business which is disturbed, particularly
-mail days, by the bustle a
Awaya attendant upon the delivery and despatch of letters, arising from a great number of people coming and going. Mr Bakeley, in particular, being entrusted with the clearance of vessels and goods at the Custom House, I need not point out to Your Excellency the detriment that:
to
accrues to the
to the service
or
in
service from
from the delays emissions that must inevitably cour consequence of the frequent interceptions
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the...
to which Mr. Ookley is liable in execution of his acknowledged duties . = Sam led to hope, therefore, that your Excellency will approve of the step I
have taken in
in furtherance of the
Consular service at this Port, the r
meore 20.00
according
to Mess
Lindsay & ( 's letter the merchants.
to
expect,
as er
matter of course,
(tt)
that more time, labour and attention
should in future be devoted to the Concerns of of the Post Office at Chinton, than, from
the circumstances above
alleged, Sam prepared to bestow
upon them.
I have, Ver
(Signed] Francis C. Macgreger.
(Imebopy) Mani
Colonial Secretary.
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