CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 346

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Enclosure 2.

C.O.

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Kee! 14 SEP 00

General Post Office; 343

Hongkong, 30th July 1900.

Sir,

In compliance with the request convey-

ed to me in your letter No.461 of the 5th.inst.:-

to proceed to Shanghai and place the money order office

there on a thoroughly satisfactory basis, I have the

honour to report that I left here at daylight on the 81

inst.in the S.S."Malta" and arrived at that port on

the morning of the 11th.and returned yesterday by the

S.S."Tonkin":

II commenced work on the morning of

arrival and found Mr.G.. Rose (whose services have

been. dispensed with on the 23rd. inst) in charge of the

money order office. I regret that Mr.Solly did not in-

form me on arrival that there was no likelihood of

Mr.Rose being permanently retained in the Service, as

otherwise my stay at Shanghai could havebeen curtailed

by a week had I instructed Mr.Dalieto also on my arriv-

al.The latter officer is now carrying out the duties

of money order clerk and I have found him very paİNS-

taking and careful in his new duties. I had only four

days to guide him before my departure but I think he

kcows more than Mr.Rose.

I respectfully suggest that it would

be to the interests of the Department if he could be

induced to stay there permanently.Mr.Solly however, is

also acquainted with the working of the money order

system as I explained everything to him as well as to

Mr.Rose.

I found that only two books were kept

The Acting Postmaster General

HongKong

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