of
the Mails..
For these reasons
the
bags is far preferable...
lite
of
As regards the statement
that a silver watch and certain forms to be used for applications for Money orders had been found loose in a bag on their arrival at Hongkong, it is of course possible that they may have been badly packed by the
teaders or
may
have
not been
properly secured in a bundle.
The attention
of the
the officers of the Department has been called to this point, and they have been instructed to see that the correspondence for Hongkong is carefully tied up in future. I am
Sir
Your most obedient Servant,
MINUTE PAPER.
Mr Mist. 7 Oct
The set of Hongkong wished
for
the old practice of sending
the Mails
in boxes, instead
of in bags, should be resumed.
The Secretary in reply
stated
that there is
not sufficient cause
for reverting
to that practice,
and
that any
change
in that
be attended
with much inconvenience.
Send
Copy to
his despatch 8-531. 24 June
W.A.