CO129-194 - Governor Hennessy Administrator Tonnochy - 1881 [8-9] — Page 447

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Year.

Your

have the honour to be

Sir,

obedient servant

of Alfred E. Postmaster General

444

W: H.

(copal) from

Postmaster General to Acting Colonial Secretary

General Post Office

Hong Kong 14th

With reference

to your

of the 10th instant

on the subject of the annual estimates,

I am unwillingly obliged to ask the permission of His Excellency the Governor to have the following increases being entered for consideration on the draft estimates of this department for 1882.

I have selected only those which appear to be absolutely necessary.

(1) European Staff

$480. per

annum for

extra

marine Officers. The pressing necessity for this allowance has been gone into in my letter of March 14th. I there pointed out that at present there is a saving of $567.7 per annum.

Acting Colonial Secretary

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Year. Your have the honour to be Sir, obedient servant of Alfred E. Postmaster General 444 W: H. (copal) from Postmaster General to Acting Colonial Secretary General Post Office Hong Kong 14th With reference to your of the 10th instant on the subject of the annual estimates, I am unwillingly obliged to ask the permission of His Excellency the Governor to have the following increases being entered for consideration on the draft estimates of this department for 1882. I have selected only those which appear to be absolutely necessary. (1) European Staff $480. per annum for extra marine Officers. The pressing necessity for this allowance has been gone into in my letter of March 14th. I there pointed out that at present there is a saving of $567.7 per annum. Acting Colonial Secretary
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Year. Your have the houons to be Sis abe dient servant of alped Liste Postmaster feneral 444 W: H. (copal) tri Festmester General to Acting Colomal secretary! General Post Office Story Rong 14! With reference Erenler May 1881. to your on the of I am the 10th instant subject of the annual extimates, unwillingly obliged to ask the permission of His Excellency the Governor be the following more ases reases being entered for Consideration on the draft estimates of this department for 1882. mention strat out clawns and application of may I have selected only those which to be obselutely necepory. (1) European Staff appear to kre 2. $480. pres anti z v r for arr extra marine Offices. The pressing recessity for this allowance has been gone. The Struble. J. Stewart into in my letter itus of march 14 I there possited saving €56.77 7 year. out that at present acting Colonial secretory Avt ape-
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Year.

Your

have the houons to be

Sis

abe dient servant

of alped Liste Postmaster feneral

444

W: H.

(copal) tri

Festmester General to Acting Colomal secretary!

General Post Office

Story Rong 14!

With reference

Erenler

May 1881.

to

your

on

the

of

I am

the 10th instant

subject of the annual extimates,

unwillingly obliged to ask the permission of His Excellency the Governor be the following more ases

reases

being entered for Consideration on the draft estimates of this department for 1882.

mention strat out clawns and application

of

may

I have selected only those which

to be obselutely necepory.

(1) European Staff

appear to

kre

2. $480. pres

anti z v r

for

arr

extra

marine Offices. The pressing recessity

for this allowance has been gone.

The Struble.

J. Stewart

into in

my letter

itus

of

march 14

I there possited

saving

€56.77 7

year.

out that at present

acting Colonial secretory

Avt ape-

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