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copy of the replies I have received.
It will be observed from these reports that at Canton, Amoy, Foochow and Hankow the postal work is done by a member of the staff of the Consulate who has a certain number of Chinese employés under him and who is in receipt of a salary for his services from the Hongkong Post Office amounting to $60 to 75 per mensem. At Kiungchow and Yingpo the Consulate Constable performs the work under Consular supervision, while at Wuchow, in the absence of an Assistant, the sister of the Acting Consul and the Constable have together superintended the post office. His Majesty's Consul at Foochow complains that a large proportion of the time of the Assistant is taken up by his postal duties, and from the replies of His Majesty's Consular Officers at Canton, Amoy and Hankow, it is evident that the same inconvenience must prevail at those ports also. I venture to think that it is not desirable that the junior members of the Consular Service should be permitted to undertake work which interferes with the proper ...
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