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the local Post Office be, under the circumstances, permitted to retain
Dan ... thing say
£500
per annum)
additional to the subsidy which
it now receives, and trust this
to
be thought fair to the agreement of 1867.
suggestion may...
each party
I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient
humble servant,
Macdonnell
Governor.
(Copy)
N.18.
Sir,
be a
150
General Post Office, Hongkong,
Although,
24th March, 1871.
it may reasonably
be assumed that little or no expectation exists of reaping return by postal revenue at all commensurate with the subsidy paid by the Imperial Government
for the
conveyance of the British mails between Hongkong
The Honorable
J. Gardiner Austin,
Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.
and