4th of the Establishment of a Book and Pattern Post by British Mail Packet at a Combined Sea and
Colomal rate of postage of 32 per
4 ounces
between Hong Kong
Shanghai or any
Ohma or
trong and
other port in Japan, to which British
Mail Packets rum.
5th That mistear of the Contribution of the Imperial Post Office towards
the expense of the Agencies in
Ohna and
- and Japan, being in the shape of a portion of the postage
Charged Carried to and from those Agencies
on
the Correspondence
had been proposed, the British
pay to the Hongkong
Post Office shall pay
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Post Office the sun
of £1270 annually
being the amount of the several
Salaries now
pand to the Agents,
melnding the additional £100 a year
to be paid to the Packer Agent
£100, added for
at Shanghai and £100, expenses of occasional personal inspection, the Governor of Hong Kong having ex- pressed him readiness in Consideration of the payment to undertrike the Superintenden of the Agencies.
State further that
My
Lords,
approve.
of an additional allowance of £200 a year being made to the Lostmaster of Hongkong, for his mcreased trouble and responsibility in Connection with the arrangements now sanctioned, one
half