CO129-081 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [4-7] — Page 518

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Consul would allow the then cuis

arrangements

WEEKS

existing

to contine for a few longer undisturbed until

instinctions

QUO

to the terms upon

which the Packet Agencies at the Torts of China and Lapan

maintained and which

expected

to le

www

received from Her

Majesty's Government.

Uh the 25th Wellins however

despratich

shortly

means

making

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of meeting

the

emergency, by

ocher

howeve

arrangements,

~

Aimporary they might have been; for before

before the receipt here of the Consular Notification, mails had been despotahed by the Fairy loref=" on the 20th April, by the dyremorn

ow

#

the 23th April and by the Contract Jacket "Mow roww

a

one

was received by Government from Mr. Meadows dated the 19th April declining to accede to His

Excelenay's requent, dated the 12

12 ik

and

by

noties

a

April, which

was

inserted in the Fouch Whine Herald

Newspaper it was

seen that he had

carried out his intentions, and do

ity without

left the Wommunity

a

Port Office Agent, and this Department or the Local Government without the

meanĀ

}

on

the 24th

April

day before the receipt of Mr Meadows despatial.

Although His Excellency is desirous

tance in his

the views now

powvor

giving every apristones furcher the lehamber and the Community

re

expressed by

in

establishing an Official. Tost Offices Ageway at thoughan and alchough under the peculiar circumstances the most prompt and vigorous

measuNLA

have been adopted to alleviate the

to

great

inconvenience which

prema

hav

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