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for the Eastern Mail Service
upon
the
expiration of the
present Contract with the
Peninsular and Oriental
Company
2.
I enclose a Report
on this subject from Mr. Lester, the Post-Master General of Hongkong. The opinion of the Chamber of Commerce of this Colony will also be requested, and the entire question will be referred for the consideration of the Colonial Legislature at
its
Enclosure
its Session in next November?
oleanwhile, it is thought
expedient to forward the report of the local head of the Post Office Departments
I have the honour to be.
@
o My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Sorant,
5. Bowen