Extract of letter from General Post Office dated 28th August 1886
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The Govern... now takes the opportunity to discuss further the hour which would best suit the convenience of the Colony for the despatch of its homeward bound mails, and ... for this purpose ... instead of ... as at present fixed. This, I need hardly say, is a point of detail which the ... must be considered in framing ... under the endeavour, when the proper time arrives, to meet the wishes of the Hong Kong Community as far as may be possible consistently with other interests in this connexion.
As to the speed to be attained under the new contract, the Governor points out that