"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
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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 been givers to the Pension "Consulate Afpistant to perform postal "duties is withdrawn.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
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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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