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leave his time has been so much occupied with extra
work in connection with the resumption of property in
Taipinshan owing to the Plague that he has been able to
give very little time to Store Regulations.
16. The Money Order Accounts were examined
in detail and the Annual Balance Sheet for 1893
thoroughly checked with the advices and accounts from
other countries.
17.
The Accounts of the Post Office at Canton
were the subject of a special local examination and a
separate report on this was sent in my letter
No
21/22/94 of 17th May 1894.
18.
The Agent in charge of the Post Office at
Ningpo, died in October, and a deficiency of nearly
This formed the
$1000 was found in his Accounts.
subject of a separate letter No 39/46/94 of 3rd December
1894.
19. At the request of the Governor,
Mr Bowring
or myself, sat as members on several boards for the
examination of old stores, stamps,
tc.
20.
I was on leave from 17th August to 8th
(7)
October,