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Extract from a despatials from Ceolonial Lecretary Mercer to levusel Meadows dated 308th March, 1801.
"Should you confortionately lee unable
your
decision in this matter,
"to aller
I
ock leave to
chat
you notify
suggest
The community of your port that it
"will be necessary
send to the
"at once
here the
that
onu
Ading
hermes
and all
Tostmaster
of Agent.
to whom their letters.
General Hongtonry "be delivered."
Sir.
aw
(signed) W. J. Mercer.
to
General Tort Office, Honystory, 1:179 May 1881.
letter
I do myself the havor to acknowledge the receipt of your
of the 2. vedno tant transmitting a copy of a minute passed
at
a
5:17
at a General Meeting of the Chambers.
in which
attention is called to
my the notification issued by Mr Consul
Meadows in which he withdraws his sanction to the Senior Afsistent of the
llonsulate performing postal duties from the date chere of, and
chereof, I should establish
a
that
enggesting Post Office at your
Port quite independent of the lenoselar
Establishment,
and in
replay I navuld of
briefly point out that on the 28th March last I received
a
letter from
Mr Meadows dated the 22th of that
monch, a
lo
seeling forch that he intended the connection between che Consulate and the Post Office to read,
and
ench
Crano e
ax
C
I considered the malles
of
great importances, I submited it for the consideration of the Local Government, and in reply Shin- Woulevey the Governor begged that the lemul