CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9] — Page 525

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Hongkong.

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C.O.

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[REGB : 10

Government House,

Hongkong, 9th.September, 1910.

My Lord,

Treas

With reference to Your Lordship's

telegram of the 30th. ultimo, I have the honour to state

that all specific expenditure on the Postal Agencies in

China will be deleted from the Estimates for 1911.

2.

I may point out, however, that

the Annual Allowance of £100 hitherto granted to the

Postmaster-General on account of supervision of the Post

Offices referred to must presumably cease to be paid by the

Imperial Government. Mr. Messer has represented his case

in this connection in his minute of the 2nd. instant, a

copy of which is enclosed for your information and I may

state in reference thereto, that in my opinion he should

not be called upon to auffer pecuniary embarrassment by a

change of system. I have the honour, therefore, to racom-

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-mond that in the circumstances a personal allowance of

£100 per annum should be granted to him from the funds of

RIGHT HONOURABLE

this

THE EARL OF CREWE,

80...

&C.

&c.

F.