CO129-297 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [1-3] — Page 595

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Enclosure 2.

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11874

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WAL APR 00

Registration Branch,

General Post Office,

Hongkong,5th. October, 1899.

592

sir,

In conformity with your letter No. 1669 dated 30th.

September last. I beg to forward the following answers to the

charges made against me.

I.

Although the Officers as stated were warmed to

atten for two hours extra duty for the purpose of sorting receipts

More than the half of these Officers had more pressing duties

to attend to during that two hours and owing to the aversion

the most of the Officers had to dealing with these receipts.

They gladly availed themselves of every opportunity to evade

this receipt work. Then again on all mail days (i.e. not only

arrivals but departure all the Officers had their extra hours

fully filled up in dealing with the mail. On account of the

above it will be seen that little of the two hours extra time

was really devoted to this work.

I may also add that shortly after the order was

To the Honourable

J.H.Stewart Lockhart C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary.

given

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