CO129-145 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [6-9] — Page 41

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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line between Hongtting and Thangkat to make arvengements for vesting those mails

in this office.

.

of these officers

At present one of th

Houghtong for Thangkat

leaves Mongthong

each

about 24.

hours after the arrival of cork English

mail Packet, and arrives at Shanghat

and on the return trip the duty is comparativa,

trifling, it being only oncessary

No sort the

small local mail for Hongtong, which under an improved system of preparing

the nails in

Shanghai, I propose to

a very

with

accomplish in a this office

the betters Ready for immediate delivery; he

at Shanghas

pemains at

10

en 02. average

about

mayaye

No days, returning to Wongthing with the first English Mail, with the Hongtong correspondence prepared on the for immediate delivery here. $3 On the trop to Shanghae the sorting duty is constant and labourious whilst in Shanghai the Marine Terlor's time is almost lost to the Department,

very

short time in

4. By the arrangement proposed

not

● I shall obtain the benefit of the two Marine Officers in question for constant duly here, and be able to sort in HongHong only the mails for Shanghai arriving by the British Contract Packets, but those mails for Shanghai which wach Nongthing by the French Packet's alo

result which is obviously of great advantage to the Thanghai Community,

a

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