who have hitherto been insufficiently paid, the same upon footing as those of other departments in the Colonial Service. I have accordingly provisionally appointed the old staff of the Office with the salaries and designations Specified in the annexed return, and beg to submit the arrangement for Your Grace's approval.
3. thus No provision having been made in the Appropriation Ordinance for 1860 for the Expenditure times thrown upon the Colony, I brought the matter before the Legislative Council at the last Meeting laying upon the table an Estimate of the probable annual Expenditure
Return of P.O Establishment and Salaries. ure) See Enclosure in Acts 8. M's report: annexed No 2. 25. April 1860 400 of the Service which, after a discussion, was approved of, and it was decided to include the Expenditure for the remainder of 1860 in the usual supplementary appropriation Ordinance to be passed towards the close of the present year.
4. In Compliance with the request contained in the concluding part of the Post Master General's Report under-acts & imis disport acknowledgment, I enclose a statement prepared by the Acting Post Master showing the probable revenue & Expenditure of the British Post office Agencies at the Japan-Consular Ports in China and From this it will be seen that the amount allowed to the Colony on Agency letter is