those salaries, paid in dollars by the Hongkong Post Office, Mr. Raitles can
not see that it constitutes
any ground for increasing the contribution of this Country towards the maintenance of the Agencies, which is paid in sterling by the Colonial Post Office; and
the Imperial to the
he has no doubt that, with this explanation of the matter before him, Lord Dunford will arrive at the same conclusion.
The
Instead of applying
Government of Hong
the full imperial subsidy
towards the support of
the Agencies, makes a profit
of
$594
over a thousand dollars
a year under the present arrangement.
Your
Sir,
obedient servant,
S.ct Blackwood