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has recently fallen vacant:

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last pact of the

from the Daily Press

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Registered No. 71492.

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Any reply should bear this number, and should be addressed :--

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"The Secretary,

General Post Office."

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the I of S has already called upon the Goor for

a

report

Br

the

alleged irregularities in the G.P.O. at Hongkong & that when

that report is reed

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further communication will be addressed to there in

reply to this letter

G.W. J 1/3

a sand copy correspondanse

to gudanar

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6579

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Each 9 MAR 9

GENERAL POST OFFICE LONDON.

8 March 1899.

I am directed by the Postmaster General to forward to you herewith, for any action which the Secretary of State for the Colonies may think necessary, a copy of a letter addressed from the "Daily Press" office at Hong Kong to the Librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, and sent on to this Department through Mr. Henniker Heaton M.P.

the

The letter contains allegations of a grave nature against the Hong Kong Post Office; and if, as stated, the matter has already been brought to the notice of the Colonial Office, Postmaster General will be glad to know the result of the investigations made on the subject.

With regard to the alleged systematic abstraction of correspondence in the Hong Kong Post Office, I am to state that, so far as the experience of this Department goes, there has been no noticeable increase recently in the number of complaints about letters addressed to or originating in Hong Kong. There were 21 complaints of the kind in the last 3 months of 1897 and 22 for the same period in 1898. In three of these later instances the letters reported as missing have been found, and in two others there has not yet been time enough for the receipt of replies to the enquiries addressed to the Hong Kong Post

Office.

One of the applicants enclosed an extract from an article in the "Daily Press", of which a copy is enclosed, and two commercial firms expressed their belief that there was some laxity in the Hong Kong Postal service and that irregularities were occurring there.

Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

I

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2 has recently fallen vacant: [In regard to the last pact of the from the Daily Press the Post mew laziness 8 it seems Registered No. 71492. en close ce Extract Any reply should bear this number, and should be addressed :-- most unlikely that from "The Secretary, General Post Office." ( in text = "7 11/3 in questide delayed letters not from 'furacions intent TCM. I think it would be enough to till 9.0.0 that S the I of S has already called upon the Goor for a report Br the alleged irregularities in the G.P.O. at Hongkong & that when that report is reed От further communication will be addressed to there in reply to this letter G.W. J 1/3 a sand copy correspondanse to gudanar C.PL-13 at once sir, 0.0. 163 6579 Rece & Each 9 MAR 9 GENERAL POST OFFICE LONDON. 8 March 1899. I am directed by the Postmaster General to forward to you herewith, for any action which the Secretary of State for the Colonies may think necessary, a copy of a letter addressed from the "Daily Press" office at Hong Kong to the Librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, and sent on to this Department through Mr. Henniker Heaton M.P. the The letter contains allegations of a grave nature against the Hong Kong Post Office; and if, as stated, the matter has already been brought to the notice of the Colonial Office, Postmaster General will be glad to know the result of the investigations made on the subject. With regard to the alleged systematic abstraction of correspondence in the Hong Kong Post Office, I am to state that, so far as the experience of this Department goes, there has been no noticeable increase recently in the number of complaints about letters addressed to or originating in Hong Kong. There were 21 complaints of the kind in the last 3 months of 1897 and 22 for the same period in 1898. In three of these later instances the letters reported as missing have been found, and in two others there has not yet been time enough for the receipt of replies to the enquiries addressed to the Hong Kong Post Office. One of the applicants enclosed an extract from an article in the "Daily Press", of which a copy is enclosed, and two commercial firms expressed their belief that there was some laxity in the Hong Kong Postal service and that irregularities were occurring there. Under Secretary of State, COLONIAL OFFICE. I
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2 has recently fallen vacant: [In regard to the last pact of the from the Daily Press the Post mew laziness 8 it seems Registered No. 71492. en close ce Extract Any reply should bear this number, and should be addressed :-- most unlikely that from "The Secretary, General Post Office." ( in text = "7 11/3 in questide delayed letters not from 'furacions intent TCM. I think it would be enough to till 9.0.0 that S the I of S has already called upon the Goor for a report Br the alleged irregularities in the G.P.O. at Hongkong & that when that report is reed От further communication will be addressed to there in reply to this letter G.W. J 1/3 a sand copy correspondanse to gudanar C.PL-13 at once sir, 0.0. 163 6579 Rece & Each 9 MAR 9 GENERAL POST OFFICE LONDON. 8 March 1899. I am directed by the Postmaster General to forward to you herewith, for any action which the Secretary of State for the Colonies may think necessary, a copy of a letter addressed from the "Daily Press" office at Hong Kong to the Librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, and sent on to this Department through Mr. Henniker Heaton M.P. the The letter contains allegations of a grave nature against the Hong Kong Post Office; and if, as stated, the matter has already been brought to the notice of the Colonial Office, Postmaster General will be glad to know the result of the investigations made on the subject. With regard to the alleged systematic abstraction of correspondence in the Hong Kong Post Office, I am to state that, so far as the experience of this Department goes, there has been no noticeable increase recently in the mumber of complaints about letters addressed to or originating in Hong Kong. There were 21 complaints of the kind in the last 3 months of 1897 and 22 for the same period in 1898. In three of these later instances the letters reported as missing have been found, and in two others there has not yet been time enough for the receipt of replies to the enquiries addressed to the Hong Kong Post Office. One of the applicants enclosed an extract from an article in the "Daily Press", of which a copy is enclosed, and two commercial firms expressed their belief that there was some laxity in the Hong Kong Postal service and that irregularities were occurring there. Under Secretary of State, COLONIAL OFFICE. I
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2

has recently fallen vacant:

[In regard to the

last pact of the

from the Daily Press

the Post mew

laziness 8

it seems

Registered No. 71492.

en close ce Extract

Any reply should bear this number, and should be addressed :--

most unlikely that

from

"The Secretary,

General Post Office."

(

in text = "7

11/3

in questide delayed letters not from 'furacions intent

TCM.

I think it would be enough to till 9.0.0 that

S

the I of S has already called upon the Goor for

a

report

Br

the

alleged irregularities in the G.P.O. at Hongkong & that when

that report is reed

От

further communication will be addressed to there in

reply to this letter

G.W. J 1/3

a sand copy correspondanse

to gudanar

C.PL-13

at once

sir,

0.0.

163

6579

Rece

&

Each 9 MAR 9

GENERAL POST OFFICE LONDON.

8 March 1899.

I am directed by the Postmaster General to forward to you herewith, for any action which the Secretary of State for the Colonies may think necessary, a copy of a letter addressed from the "Daily Press" office at Hong Kong to the Librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, and sent on to this Department through Mr. Henniker Heaton M.P.

the

The letter contains allegations of a grave nature against the Hong Kong Post Office; and if, as stated, the matter has already been brought to the notice of the Colonial Office, Postmaster General will be glad to know the result of the investigations made on the subject.

With regard to the alleged systematic abstraction of correspondence in the Hong Kong Post Office, I am to state that, so far as the experience of this Department goes, there has been no noticeable increase recently in the mumber of complaints about letters addressed to or originating in Hong Kong. There were 21 complaints of the kind in the last 3 months of 1897 and 22 for the same period in 1898. In three of these later instances the letters reported as missing have been found, and in two others there has not yet been time enough for the receipt of replies to the enquiries addressed to the Hong Kong Post

Office.

One of the applicants enclosed an extract from an article in the "Daily Press", of which a copy is enclosed, and two commercial firms expressed their belief that there was some laxity in the Hong Kong Postal service and that irregularities were occurring there.

Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

I

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