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Office; but ask you whether the arrange.

wint of June 1888 has now,

been

definitely cancelled and what arrangement Mas been substituted..

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سارے کا سا سے کہ سمجھے

No.

287

31432

117

NOV 10

Government House,

HongKong,

19th

October, 1899.

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mo

21720.

nel: 1. freeis.

mel: 2. List

sir,

In reply to your despatch No. 163 of the

25th. August last, I have the honour to transmit for your in-

formation the enclosed précis on the subject of the overpay-

list.

ments to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

together with copies of the correspondence noted in the annexed

2. Owing to the fact that the letter of the

Postmaster-General No.478 of 2nd.June 1888 is perhaps ambi-

guously worded and that it was not revoked at the end of, 1894

on the adoption of the new system, I concluded with the advice

of the Attorney-General that it would not be expedient to press

the matter and that the compromise offered by the P.& 0.Com-

pany should be adopted.

I have the honour to be,

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

&C.

•

BC.

sir,

Your Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

Henne Arslake

GOVERNOR &C.

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