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your
Lordships for
for the commencement of the Hong Kong contribution. I find it necessary to ask for your decision as to the payment
to be required from the bolony for the period between the 1st of February 1880, when the
new contract with the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company commenced, and the 1st of February 1883.
As
the
Prior to the 1st of February 1880, Hong. Kong contributed about £2735 a year Colonial share of additional loss caused by the reduction of postage resulting from her entry into the Portal Union; but no assessment
under this head has been made against the
bolony since the 1st of February 1880, in the expectation that, in lei of it, the bolony would
pay the contribution towards the loas
on the
Packet
Packet Service demanded by Her Majesty's
Government. I apprehend that, in consequence of
the
your Lordships' recent decision to accept
the 1st of February 1883
Colony's contribution from the jet
instead of from the 1st of February 1880, the prior claim for
the three
year;
will have to
loss on
postage will revive
for
and in such case this Department
ravel
a claim
against Hong Kong
of about £8,200 less a sum
this Office has on hand in
overpayment by Hong Kong
of £1699 which
the shape of an
on account of
additional loss to the 31st of January 1880.
With reference to the Straits Settlements,
to be held responsible
I presume that bolony is
for the payment of the sum
of
£6000 per annum
from the date when the present Peninsular and
Oriental bontract came into force, viz
viz jet
of February