CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 516

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"British Coursalar Motification - The "greatly increased duties incumbent and proper to H. M's leonsulate, and

on

On

the

the very greatly incremand and increasing amount of the Post Office labors performed at it, consequent not merely increase of the Shanghas leommunity but also on the opening of the lapances, the

Horchern Chinese and the Western

"Chinese Ports and

orr

the recent

Post Office

bregulation requiring prepayment of leven, these, with

our circumstances,

have

[compelled the undersigned to chaves

beliveen le

leaving undone, to the serions

Ms D.

mconvenience of St. Mi

Subjects, a largs

portion of the work proper

and which

Can

to the leonsulate

between

01,

only be done by it, of awering the connection beclivers thie Ilonsulate and all postal labors which four bee performed, unofficially and probably with not lefe efficiency, by

mercantile

mercantile and shippingy

539 establishment.".

"The undersigned therefore orolifics hereby chat the permission which has "hichert. been givers to the Pension "Consulate Afpistant to perform postal "duties is withdrawn. He will from "this date altogether

forwarding

"

"lesters from this place; and after the "distribution of the net

cease

incoming

"English Mail, will coned receiving "and distributing

letters for

"

this places.

"The undersigned havingy

communi=

cuted to the Hungtting Auchorities the reafertig for his taking this step, has received a reply from the leolonial "Secretary, the closing portion of which,

"as contained in the

"he

d extract,

subjoined

7

recommends to the careful attention of the British and Toniger Community!

" (Rigores ] Thos. Taylor Meadows,

British leonsulate,

"H. B. M'elemoul."

Dhanghaw, 12th April 1861

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