92
in October last-
year,
but finding matters
Still in a state of obstruction I thought it advisable to send up Mr. Mitchell the Post-
Master
General
to Communicate in person with
the Cinout and the Chamber, and explain
what might have occasioned a
prolonged
Correspondence without perhaps a satisfactory
Settlement in the End.
Mr. Mitchell accordingly left.
Hangthong
in
the 4th August, furnished with
a letter to Mr Consul Medhurst (Copy enclosed).
3. the enclosed letter that the municipal
Council of Shanghai had agreed to-
grant the sum of $2,500 for
one
year
towards the Packet Agency at that Port.
without
This Municipal Council is a
Body
Statues or Authority, and legal statius or
any legal
I presume had no
power to make
any permanent
arrangement, and I have therefore decided to be satisfied with the promised subeidy
No 1.
for th
one
year.
I have
on Mr. Mitchell's recommendation
appointed Mr. D. Inglis Assistant Packet agent al- Shanghai
Hee returned on
the 23rd August
N 2.
to
and reported in the enclosed Communication
the success of
his missio..
cial communication was
No official
received from Shanghai till the 10th
instant when attr Mitchell reported in
m. a
Salary of £250 and I have
request Your Grace's sanction of this measure.
I have the honor to be
My Lord Duke,
Your Grace's Most obedient, Servant,
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