By Ordinance 22 of 1889 did not give sufficient power to deal with the fraudulent use of counterfeit stamps and of postage stamps already used.
The present amending Ordinance will, it appears to me, suffice to give the Governor in Council and the Post Office Authorities adequate powers to carry out the suggestions of the Governor.
No. 280
Date: 27 Dec 1894
Last previous Paper: 15129/91
Hong Kong No. 2008
(Subject.)
Perrocon to W Horton
Insp. Regent's Dept.
Submits Case
DESPATCH.
In the letter from the General Post Office to the Colonial Office dated 14th October 1893 and appended to the Circular before mentioned.
(89) W. Meigle Goodman.
Attorney General.
Page 576
(Minutes.)
M. Hanfield
W. Horton is, I think, rightly pensioned on his consolidated pay $1344 [which includes $240 Quarters - See 15/29/91 in lieu of allowance, in lieu of Browns' allowance, which is non-pensionable, as it is laid down in 3533/2 that such perquisites do not count for pension].
As W. Horton has served over 20 years, the maximum addition to his years for abolition might have been...
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