CO129-161 - Public Offices - 1872 — Page 110

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Land Board

Minute:

It is stated that, including interceptions, the outlay for building an Office at Goterhama, the expense to the Colony of maintaining that Postal Agency, exceeds £1000 per annum, and he asks that an additional £500 per annum may be allowed by the Imperial Government to the Colonial Government, on account of the cost of that Agency.

The Postmaster General very much regrets to learn that the revenue derived from the Postal communication with Yokohama has so greatly fallen off, but after full consideration of the statements made in Sir Richard MacDonnell's despatch and its enclosure, he does not think that sufficient grounds have been shewn for increasing the annual contribution from Imperial funds towards the cost of the Postal Agencies in China and Japan.

In the joint report of Messrs. Rea and Mitchell of the 19th July 1867, referred to in the enclosure to the Governor's Despatch, it was estimated that the Colony would have to contribute £300 a year towards the cost of the Yokohama Agency, and although that amount may be somewhat exceeded, it is evident that the Hong Kong Office still derives from the correspondence considerably more than it expends; for besides the fixed annual sum of £500 contributed towards the expense of maintaining the Yokohama Agency...

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Land Board Minute: It is stated that, including interceptions, the outlay for building an Office at Goterhama, the expense to the Colony of maintaining that Postal Agency, exceeds £1000 per annum, and he asks that an additional £500 per annum may be allowed by the Imperial Government to the Colonial Government, on account of the cost of that Agency. The Postmaster General very much regrets to learn that the revenue derived from the Postal communication with Yokohama has so greatly fallen off, but after full consideration of the statements made in Sir Richard MacDonnell's despatch and its enclosure, he does not think that sufficient grounds have been shewn for increasing the annual contribution from Imperial funds towards the cost of the Postal Agencies in China and Japan. In the joint report of Messrs. Rea and Mitchell of the 19th July 1867, referred to in the enclosure to the Governor's Despatch, it was estimated that the Colony would have to contribute £300 a year towards the cost of the Yokohama Agency, and although that amount may be somewhat exceeded, it is evident that the Hong Kong Office still derives from the correspondence considerably more than it expends; for besides the fixed annual sum of £500 contributed towards the expense of maintaining the Yokohama Agency...

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Land Boari

Mi:

it is stated that, including interection the outlay for building an Office at Goterhama, the expense to the Colony of maintaining that Postal Agency, exceeds £ 1000 per annum, and he asks that an additional £ 500 per

be allowed by the

annum may

Imperial to the Colonial fovernment, account of the cost of that Agency.

The Postmaster General very such regrets to learn that the reverse derived from the Portal communication with Yokohama has so greatly fallen off, but after full consideration of the statements made in Sir Richard We Donnell's despatch and its enclosure he does not think that

sufficient grounds have been shewn

for

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for increasing the annual contribution from Imperial funds towards the coat of the Pratal et gencies in China and Japan.

In the joint report of Messrs. Rea and Mitchell of the 197 July 1867, referred to in the enclosure to the Governor's Dexpatch, it was estimated that the Colony would have to contribute. £300 a year towards the comb of the Yokohama Agency, and although

be somewhat

that amount

mayy exceeded, it is evident that the

Jos Noffice of Hou Hong still derives from the correspondence considerably more than it expends; for besides the fixed annual sum of £ 500 contubated towards the expense of maintaining the Yokohama

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