CO129-021 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [9-12] — Page 117

the ordinary postage upon all letters to or from

the

e five Consular Parts, the number has considerably diminished.

that by the

1 beg to inform you advice of the Honorable the Acting Attorney General, I have paid the customary gratuities of two fance upon every letter and one fenny upou every paper which the owner of the "Corsair " " has brought down from Canton, but I

every reason to believe that

have every

لنا

correspondence

still illegally conveyed by this Sessel.

I have, &c.

(Signed). R. H. Crakanthorp

Acting Pretmaster

True Copeft

Marie Colonial Secretary,

1

*D. 115. Financial.

My Lord,

JAN 25 1348

Victoria, Hongkong,

112

10th November, 1847.

ch.

8.

"With reference to Your Lordship's Despatch N. 110 of August 18th directing that two several amounts of 4 Dollars, or 16/8, consisting of payment for the Chief Magistrates Certificate, and for taxing costs, should be recovered in the Colony, I have the honor to -enclose a Memorandum from the Acting Colonial Treasurer, from which it appears that the fees in question were proviously recovered from the respective parties.

I have the honor to be,

"With the highest respect,

The Right Honorable,

The Earl Grey,

Je

fe,

کرتے ہو

Your Lordships,

Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

Ndani

C.