CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 480

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General

while on leave in England in

March last, recommen

mending the

establishment of a Local Delivery Branch

Office

in connection with the Post Office in

this Colomy.

A perusal of Mr Lister's

Memorandum will, I think, convince

Your Lordship,

that there is

Convenced

as it has done me,

very great

need

for the

improvement which he, recommends. The

numerous advantages

advantages which will be

ачено

gained : fully explained in the

paper in question that it is

(

innecessary for

me to recapitulate

6

them here. I will

only

add that it is

confidently expected that

the eve

any portion of

expense incurred that may

not

be recouped by the extra receipt from

pootage,

will be more than recovered

through a Branch Post Office for,

Chinese correspondence which Mr fister, has had in contemplation for

some

time past, and upon which I shall addres Your Lordship future date.

3.

ata

I have accordingly hind

no hesitation in placing

OV

7

00 Live thousand nine hundred and

$5,940.000

forty dollars

on.

the Estimates for

them

the

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