RECEIVED
7 MAR
1877
68
W. 13.
Government House, Hongkong, 17th January, 1877
My Lord,
Referring to Your Lordship's Circular Despatch of the 5th January 1874, relative to postal relations between Her Majesty's Eastern Colonies and the Netherlands Indies, I am directed by the Governor to forward, for Your Lordship's information, copy of a Despatch from his predecessors on the subject.
The Right Honorable
The Earl of Carnarvon,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.