CO129-546-3 Post Office Department- re-organisation of Mails Branch 4-12-1933 - 30-10-1934 — Page 13

XXX CONFIDENTIAL.

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Sir,

RECEIVED 24 SEP 1934.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG.

21st August, 1934.

With reference to your Confidential

despatch of 13th February, 1934, on the subject of the

establishment of the General Post Office I have the

honour to inform you that the matter has been carefully

reconsidered in the light of the observations contained

in that despatch.

2.

The proposals set out in my Confidential

despatch of 4th December, 1933, were put forward in order

to meet the situation which would arise in the event of

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the retirement or absence of Mr. Hynes, Superintendent

of Mails, and represented the views of the acting Post-

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master General, Mr. W.J. Carrie.

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The Postmaster General, Mr. M.J. Breen,

has now reviewed the position and is of the opinion that

the situation does not at present warrant any alteration

in the establishment of the Post Office.

3.

The Estimates for 1934 provide for six

supervisory officers in charge of the collection and

distribution of correspondence at the General Post Office,

of whom four draw sterling salaries:-

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Superintendent of Mails (£600-£700) T. Hynes.

Senior Assistant Superintendent of

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

Mails (£460-£560) Vacant.

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

&C.,

&C.,

&C.,