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will be good enough to state till replying to the circumstances in replying Governor of Hong Kong, and Mac-Mousell feels
sure that Sir Richard MacDonnell will see that this Department cannot equitably be called upon, under present circumstances, to increase its payment to the Colony.
With regard to the suggestion thrown out by her Mitchell of proposing to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to revert to the former practice of sending the Yokohama mails via Shanghai and through the inland Sea of Japan, thus serving the ports of Hiogo, Kobe, Osaka, and Nagasaki, Sir Richard desired to state that the Postmaster General does not concur in the expediency of making such a change, even if it were likely to be acceptable to the Peninsular and Oriental Company; and that he cannot adopt this suggestion.
I am,
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Your obedient humble Servant,
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Mr. They
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