CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890 — Page 650

The Crown Agents for

the Colonies have not

received

nor do they

agree

with those

646

mentioned in your

(under reply

letter of

but it is possible that they may

receive

any

advice from the colony

authorising the payment

in

the sums specified

in question, your letter

under

reference, but letters of

advice

to

referring

to two other amounts

due to the G.P.O. have

reached them by the

last mail.

These

accounts do

not

include

Expa

portion

of these accounts

sent to Lord Ranutsford

by

Lord Knatchbull-Hugessen.

would these

suggest for the

consideration of the Postmaster

General that payment

of the latter should be deferred until the

Postmaster of Hongkong

has replied to the

letter addressed to him

by your office; on the

Do subject. A duplicate

payment might thereby

be avoided.