CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 435

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bruce the Postmaster General 10

inspect the Agencies maintained

by the Imperial

Imperial Postal Authorities

in China and Japan, and in reference to those establishments to ascertain the practicability of placing them more immediately under the Control of this Government:

The Executive here has

already so much work to

get through that personally I see objections to increasing the duties devolving

on the local

Government, but as it seems

probable, when the recent legislation

affecting Native vessels and the

registration of Chinese Householder and servants shall have been

brought into more complete working order, those duties will be lighter, whilst I gather from the tenor of Your Lordship's

Dispatch that I am expected to facilitate the proposed arrangements, I have felt much pleasure in placing at Mr. Bruce's disposal all the

information which I could in connection with the objects of his

mission, and have also engaged to undertake any supervision of the

Postal agencies

in China and Japan which he

may ... Majesty's

and which Her Majesty's

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433 bruce the Postmaster General 10 inspect the Agencies maintained by the Imperial Imperial Postal Authorities in China and Japan, and in reference to those establishments to ascertain the practicability of placing them more immediately under the Control of this Government: The Executive here has already so much work to get through that personally I see objections to increasing the duties devolving on the local Government, but as it seems probable, when the recent legislation affecting Native vessels and the registration of Chinese Householder and servants shall have been brought into more complete working order, those duties will be lighter, whilst I gather from the tenor of Your Lordship's Dispatch that I am expected to facilitate the proposed arrangements, I have felt much pleasure in placing at Mr. Bruce's disposal all the information which I could in connection with the objects of his mission, and have also engaged to undertake any supervision of the Postal agencies in China and Japan which he may ... Majesty's and which Her Majesty's

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433

bruce the Postmaster General 10

inspect the Agencies maintained

by the Imperial

Imperial Festal Authorities

in lohina and Japan, and in reference to those establishments ti a xcertain the practicability. of placing them more immediality under the Control of this Severnment:

The Executive here has

already so much work to

to get through that personally I sec objections to increasing the duties devolving

on the local

Government, but as it seems

probable, when the recent legislation

vessels and the

affecting Native vessels

registration of Chinese House holder and servants shall have been

brought into more complete working order, those duties will be lighter, whilst I gather from the tonor of Your Lordship's

Dispatch that I am ex

expected to facilitate the proposed werangements, I have felt much pleasure in placing. at Mr. Rea's disposal all the

information which I could in connection with the objects of his

mission, and have also engaged, to anderlake any supervision of the

Postal

agencies

Japan which he

in China and

may. Majesty's

and which Her Majes

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