CO129-145 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [6-9] — Page 43

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6.

7.

that the whole of the English mails for shanghai brought by the outward French.

Tackets should be delivered at this office, : and that authority be given to retwen

Those mails to the Thench Jackeli

procketing to Shanghai ; a concesion

which I have

no doubt the General Post

Office in London will readily

from

obtain

the Director General of the Tasks in France, or the same result could be

brought about by

an instruction from

the London Office to place all correspondence

French

for Shanghai forwarded by Stackets in the mails for Hangthong .

18

When the two Marine

: Sorters which I propose to withebrau

from the Congthong

and Shanghai

line were appointed

an addition of £100

for

was made to each of their

salaries on account of the increased

expenses they

necessarily put to in

bravelling, and chiefly.

of the

on accoun

great responsibility which was thrown upon them, vide Faragraph 7 of my

letter

9.

- of the 18th April 1868 N=24.

It could perhaps be improper

to reduce the salaries of these two officers!

to their former rate ; but I consider thut a reduction of £50 = $240 a

year

in each of them on of their returning

account-

to shore dute will

duly with

be reasonable, and I would suggest

that this should be done; this will

make the salary of M.: J. M. &. Markacts, E. Machado

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