CO129-082 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [8-12] — Page 182

4.

Mr. Antrobus to Mr. Medhurst

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(Copy)

account of the Colonial Government

he authorized

me

to

sound the Chamber

mode of getting

of Commerce as to their opinion of

over the existing difficulty

I shall be glad to know your

or those of the chamber on the subject.

I have Acr

(Rijnen) Mr. H. Medhurst,

this

Sir

British Chamber of Commerce:

Shanghae 9th September, 1861

At a meeting of the Committee

vicios

of the Chamber

on the 7th instant I

Consul

(

Iren Copy)

(signed) M. Middleton.

(Imecopy)

Colonial Secretary.

>

бо

had the pleasure of laying before it your

dispatch

344 of the same date conveying

to the Chamber the substance:

Conversation whien

you

of

an

had had with Sir

He: cules Robinson on the subject of the -

Establishment

of a

a Post Office at this port under the management of a clerk from the HongKong Post Office, the Government of the

Colony undertaking to Salary the Clerk if

M. H. Medhurst, Esque,

H. M. Consul

Shanghae.

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