CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 158

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much preferable to have the Packet from Shanghai in here on Friday morning than on

Friday

the recessary

Jorning.

as it would secure two clear day's daglight ( and there week days) for correspondence, and the Shanghai letters arriving at 6 or. 7 in the morning, would be on the merchants Desks when businzes

Whereas if the Packet is due at 6 pm. What with one

drlay and

Commands at 10

Anolter, coming up to the buoy, landing the

mail in the dark, getting clerks together &c,

the tellers will as

before

bedtiuil.

very

inconvenient to the mercantile Public-

No representation of this, however, has been

which fuck

made, which

6 fact I bust will be accepted

bif the London Post Office as a proof that

the Hong thong Community

does not complain

of every trifling matter, and that its present

request it reasonable ___

Su

Examining

that

amy

the new Line Table. I

other Port has been po

ep.

do not find

Infortunate in the matter of Sunday

Stingting except perhaps Colombo __

(Signed) Alfed inter

often

as not, be delwered

General Post Office

I may mention that, all this summer,

the arrival

of

the mail frous Shanghai

Saturday Evening or Sunday morning, coupled with a Tuesday departure, has been found

·bery

de

Postmaster General

Itong tiong July 8th 1879.

موارد ملی برای هشدار داد

ug.

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