Foreign Office. February 9. 1875
With reference to your letter of the 30th of October last, I am directed by the Earl of Derby to transmit to you a copy of a letter from the General Post Office relative to the conditions under which the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury are prepared to agree to an arrangement for the mutual free delivery of correspondence exchanged in closed mails between Hongkong and Batavia
S. J. Palmerstone
To the Secretary of State, Colonial Office, vià...