CO129-148 - Public Offices & Others - 1870 — Page 215

$5156/10

70

Regidered 5. 733.26 5706 Hong Kong

In any further correspondence

on this subiect, the above Humber should be quoted.

Copy for inf": No. 75. 31 may 1870.

895 57431

Sir,

RECEIVED

MAY30 1870

General Post Office, London,

214

27th May 1870.

I am directed by the Pastmaster General to acknowledge

the

receipt of

your letter of the 25th Instant, enclosing copy of despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, relative to the proposed new rules concerning money orders passing between the United Kingdom and her

Colonies.

In reply, I am instructed to : express Lord Hartington's satisfaction

at hearing that Sir Richard Mac Donnel is prepared to give effect to His Lordship's wishes in the matter; and to state, with

by

regard to the difficulty mentioned the Postmaster General of Hong Kong.

fir Frederic Rogers. Bart:

that,

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Colonial Office.