CO129-238 - Governor Des Voeus - 1888 [7-8] — Page 210

Australian Contract line of

packets. Pradically

all

Hongkong

cious Forres

Correspondence for Australia is sent by to expeditions Straits route, not by way of Olylow. The discontinuance of the Colombo route would not affect our interests at all. If, therefore, stongkong has been

contributing

is the past to the

maniteriance.

of

they hand

the Anistration.

line we should rather be

A

V

Qubali mal "Contributed - whi

utitted to

be called upon to pay

refund thaw

! Nos Art M

in future because that line

has been eliminated from

the question.

Infor

How important this

matter is to Stoughong is well

seen by the case

of Ceylow.

That Colony is paying

has been asked.

and is

all that

it £1,4,00 a year,

of therefore, it

ivas

admitted,

entitted

den!

know what

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porat

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entitled to profit by the sac

contract. That saving

of the

new

presents itself to deglow in the shape of a proposal to begin paying £600 a year

at

or ice

provisionally.

Loving

sto

d lo

g

until it can

ascertained how

th

I

A

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say

how

ch

be

is really wanted. much more, for

this correspondence leaver but little hope that the actually

omputed total would be less.

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Considering the opinion of the Imperial Treasury that Stongkong ought always to have £ 12,000 a year, been paying over

and

den

was

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LA LL.

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bering that a for £30,000 arrears

actually made

upon us, (arrears

eve

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of which nothing wonaterer)

the probable ectionate of this

Colony's

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