82.
Addressed to the Officer in Charge, the Hon'ble J.M. Kennedy.
Laying the correspondence before the Legislative Council for their consideration and duration a little within the office.
When the Legislative Council met, they were informed that under the circumstances represented by the Portmaster General of Hong Kong, My Lords will not object to the increase of Officials in the Colonial Post Office involving an additional expenditure of £200 per annum.
To Rogers Bart.,
From Treasury Chambers,
3rd July 1863.
366
In reply to your letter of 26th Ultimo,
I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Duke of Newcastle, that
Received 4 JUL 1863
Hong Kong, 10 July 1863.
b486-Nong Rong
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Trog 6650.