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In addition to whatever information the cubject might have been obtained
thore despatches, my despatch 1:187 of the 29th of November 1877
enciosed a Financial statement, in
which (paragraph 5) I described, is far,
the results of the
the sale
for the
of the Agency for
of Stamps to the Chinese which had
then been in operation for a few
mouths.
4.
Without
venturing
to trouble
you by repeating what I said in those derpatches, I have the hour to add
the following information given to me this mouth by Mr. Lister, the Collector of Stamp Revenue.
LL
K
W
M
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4
"The
Agency is at present in the
hands of Mr. Un-Man- tion formicely
Clerk to Mr Francis, a very respectable
and, as
man
for
as I can judge, trustworthy
who carries
Пи
the business in
the principal Chinece thoroughfare,
not
for from the Harbour department.
well satisfied
I am very
man, and have heard
him
with this
140
complaints
He lodges $1000 in the
Treasury as security.
"The Agent is allowed to purchase
at the Stamp Office any quantity of
Impressed or Adhesive Stamps which
મ
he
may require,
and
for
there be
like
assy
pays ready money just