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Dr. Boradas, but at the same time I must

LAK opportunities may occur that I think when it would be of doubtful advantage to the Public Service for the Head of a Department like the Post Office to be other than an English gentleman, or at least some person sufficiently familiar with the English language to conduct the correspondence efficiently.

7. Further, owing to the irregular way in which many Foreign Firms have been accustomed to deal with the Post Office, concepts tending to disorder have not been wanting, and Mr. Mitchell's energetic measures taken to keep it in its proper channel have not been unnecessary, as collisions do take place between the interests of the Post Office and the Public, which entail the necessity of considerable tact and management to produce a satisfactory result.

In such cases, though Mr. Baradas is well versed in the duties of the post to which he is appointed, yet being a Foreigner, his lack of knowledge of English might lead to mistakes, falling foul of the Public and antagonistic to the interests of the Post Office. I would, therefore, suggest for your Grace's consideration, that some Gentleman should be sent out from England, who would not...

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Dr. Boradas, but at the same time I must LAK opportunities may occur that I think when it would be of doubtful advantage to the Public Service for the Head of a Department like the Post Office to be other than an English gentleman, or at least some person sufficiently familiar with the English language to conduct the correspondence efficiently. 7. Further, owing to the irregular way in which many Foreign Firms have been accustomed to deal with the Post Office, concepts tending to disorder have not been wanting, and Mr. Mitchell's energetic measures taken to keep it in its proper channel have not been unnecessary, as collisions do take place between the interests of the Post Office and the Public, which entail the necessity of considerable tact and management to produce a satisfactory result. In such cases, though Mr. Baradas is well versed in the duties of the post to which he is appointed, yet being a Foreigner, his lack of knowledge of English might lead to mistakes, falling foul of the Public and antagonistic to the interests of the Post Office. I would, therefore, suggest for your Grace's consideration, that some Gentleman should be sent out from England, who would not... ### Edits Made: 1. Rejoined broken sentences and corrected line breaks. 2. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "oppatunities" to "opportunities", "oclum" to "occur", "wen" to "when", "Concep" to "concepts", "noterths" to "notwithstanding", "mangetic" to "energetic", "bann" to "been", "musicly" to "necessity", "corsionable" to "considerable", "leet" to "tact", "selifectay" to "satisfactory", "Hough" to "Though", "de" to "he", "Gould" to "could", "acet" to "act", "faling" to "falling", "interesti" to "interests", "ash" to "be sent"). 3. Removed or corrected extraneous characters (e.g., "佐", "ޒރ"). 4. Improved spacing and formatting for clarity. 5. Applied Markdown formatting was replaced with HTML as per the final instruction, using `` for paragraphs.
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Dr. Boradas, but at the same

time I must

LAK

oppatunities may oclum

that I think

when it would

be of doubtful advantage to the

Patti Sowice for the Heed of a

Department like the Posh Offer

to be wen

limporanty, other then a

English gentleman,

Versch

at least som

person sufficulty in th buglish

language to conduch

the correspondence

efficiently.

7. Further, wing to the inequlen

Lave been accustomed

bay

in which many

Foreign Firms

to for and

then.

Concep

a dance

noterths tending th Mr. Mitchell

mangetic measmes taken

to keep it in it propen channel,

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collisions

take place

be bann

the offens

of

the Pooh Office

the Public

An of

which entail the musicly of corsionable

leet and management to produce

ޒރ

selifectay

result.

In that cases

Hough M. Baradas is well versed

in the duties of the posh to whit

de in Comprenity appointed, get being

4

Foreigner, knowledge of

Gould

English, mistakes might

Mr Intabelli ebrence

acet

what

faling in to Publi

to the interesti

Mind antagonistic

the Post Office

d. I would, Theufre, suggest for your Grace's consideration, Some Gentleman should be sent out from Leyland, who would not

ash and

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