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the Portuguese over Macao, and I am strongly of the opinion that the Governor should do everything he can to agree on a solution with the Portuguese authorities there.
The additional work suddenly thrown on Biggs threatens to be too much for him, and though the Governor says that "it is not desirable that any special facilities (which would be provided by additional staff) for the issue of vises should be provided," I would like to suggest that this comment does not take into sufficient account the position of the man on the spot besieged by visa applicants. We maintain a Consul in Tamsui in order to receive political reports from Formosa, which is at the moment a place of some importance, and as Biggs was already very hard pressed we had just managed to make a Vice-Consul, the Drinkall to whom the Governor refers, available to help him. Now the Consulate is
again overwhelmed with routine work.
I gather that Biggs has again appealed to Hong Kong for office assistance to deal with visas, and I should be grateful if you could see your way to suggesting that the appeal should be sympathetically considered..
Your sincerely
Meantiti
(P. W. Scarlett)
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