CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 495

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the part

Offices, induding

would envolve

£1.300

a

would not

such

DUNN

funds,

house rent, salaries fr

expenditure of nearly

Excellerary

year, and His E.

feel justified in exachorizing expenditure from Imperial

reference

wishout

fovernment,

you would be for

actach

an

A v St. Mi

especially as it

more economical to

-

additional Assistant to the

Consulate to attend to the Tort office

busines.

6. Under these circumstances His

Excellway would be glad to learn

whether the Toveiger

Fort wish for awhether they awould

from you Community of your Tout Office, prefer

for

A.

01.

make their

own

~

arrangementi

their portal business through Agenti directly with the Hongthing Office.

7. If the Shanghas Caimenity do not wish for a Port Office, there is

not

not the slightest desire

of this Government to force

them; indeed the

συ

Amprom

non-establishment at Shanghas would

of considerable

of a Post Office relieve this bolony of

erapense.

8. If however the Community

generally wish

for

ar

Post Office, His

Excelency anould be glad to hear

whether pending a reference

from you, to H. M's Govern

disturbed to be carried

ent,

you

can

permit

the

arrangement,

; Ov

recently

if not

wheeher

your

Car

Ringgoot amy

be

the

Tost Office

Cours v

by which established avichout entailing Imperial Government a much greater expense than that heretofore incurred in this service, which has been

sanctioned by the Lords lemmmméfsirners of Her Majesty's Treasury.

9. It

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