Minute by the Colonial: Doorsting
C O.
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Will you give, shortly, the history
Hoppy:)
Mr Silva,
of this payment
20th July, 1887.
?
(Signed) Fr Sowart,
Colonial Secreting
Minute by Mr. Silva, 1.7 Audit Clerk.
Amourable/ Colonial Scouting,
On the 1. of May, 1860, the
Copy)
in Hongkong
were
transferred from
-maintenance and control of the Post Office
the
Imperial to the Colonial Government. The
Agencies
at the open ports still remained under the management of the London Post Office, which defrayed
the
zalanes of
the Agents, but Hongkong paid the salaries
of the staff and contingencies,
In