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of Hongkong by M. A. Davenport, --- Her Majesty's eActing Consul at ._._._. Shanghac requesting him to forward and recommend to Lord John

Manners a memorial, which is also-

the

enclosed herewith, from principal merchants at Shanghai praying. His Lordship

His Lordship to appoint to

the vacant office of Postmaster of the old residents, Mr. Barnes Dallas, who has been

for

a

one

considerable period a Bill Broker

in the Settlement.

2.

That the Acting.

Consul and the other memorialists should have addressed the Postmaster

General in London instead ~/.

of.

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addressing the Governor of Honghong or instead of memorializing Your Lordship through the Governor,

to have arisen

from.

letter

of

seems

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-Lister dated 11th of July, but which was not brought to noties.

Hill

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now, in which he said he should have much pleasure in forwarding Mr. Dallas application to the proper quarter, adding

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that

the Imperial Government and the "London Post Office both claim some

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share in the appointment to the !

the Colonial

post "Government".

as well ad

3.

With respect to the

Memorial, I need hardly say

that