CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 517

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Extract from a despatials from Ceolonial Lecretary Mercer to levusel Meadows dated 308th March, 1801.

"Should you confortionately lee unable

your

decision in this matter,

"to aller

I

ock leave to

chat

you notify

suggest

The community of your port that it

"will be necessary

send to the

"at once

here the

that

onu

Ading

hermes

and all

Tostmaster

of Agent.

to whom their letters.

General Hongtonry "be delivered."

Sir.

aw

(signed) W. J. Mercer.

to

General Tort Office, Honystory, 1:179 May 1881.

letter

I do myself the havor to acknowledge the receipt of your

of the 2. vedno tant transmitting a copy of a minute passed

at

a

5:17

at a General Meeting of the Chambers.

in which

attention is called to

my the notification issued by Mr Consul

Meadows in which he withdraws his sanction to the Senior Afsistent of the

llonsulate performing postal duties from the date chere of, and

chereof, I should establish

a

that

enggesting Post Office at your

Port quite independent of the lenoselar

Establishment,

and in

replay I navuld of

briefly point out that on the 28th March last I received

a

letter from

Mr Meadows dated the 22th of that

monch, a

lo

seeling forch that he intended the connection between che Consulate and the Post Office to read,

and

ench

Crano e

ax

C

I considered the malles

of

great importances, I submited it for the consideration of the Local Government, and in reply Shin- Woulevey the Governor begged that the lemul