Hongkong. 19th July 1867.
Motlaw Mia
Special Surveyor of the Post Office in the East
and
Mr J. M. Mitchell
Postmaster General, Hongkong-
Governor
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
L.B.
Post Office Agencies
in China
and Japan.
in bhima
Report of the recent Inspection
of
Enclosure No. 3 in Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch No. 3314.
of 25 July 1867
(Copy)
Confidential.
In 9147/67
Hongkong.
310
25th July, 1867
I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date, in which by direction of His Excellency the Governor, you invite my opinion as to the necessity and justice of increasing the salary of the Postmaster General of Hongkong, on the ground of the additional responsibility thrown on that Officer by placing the various Post Offices in China under this Government.
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.