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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 43.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26тH OCTOBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 208.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following documents are published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th October, 1878.

[No. 478.]

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 9th July, 1878.

SIR, An impression seems to have got abroad amongst the Mercantile Community here that correspondence from China for London when forwarded by French Packet will reach its destination more quickly if directed via Naples than if sent viâ Marseilles.

I have pointed out to the senders (who have been induced to redirect their letters for the Marseilles rou e) that his idea is most probably mistaken.

mistaken. A however, the French Post Office Agent whom I consulted could not peat

ave the honour to request information as to whether I am correct in supposing that no time would be gained by sending correspondence or closed mails for London to Naples instead of to Marseilles.

J. TILLEY, Esq., C.B.,

London.

[No. 122,543.]

I have, &c.,

A. LISTER, Postmaster General of Hongkong.

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

LONDON, 4th September, 1878.

SIR,-In reply to your letter of the 9th July last, No. 478, I beg leave to inform you that advantage would certainly be gained by sending via Naples, instead of viâ Marseilles, the mails for England which your Office makes up for conveyance by French Packet.

In the ordinary course, those mails, if landed at Naples, should reach London twelve hours sooner than if carried on by the Packet to Marseilles. Such being the case, I have to suggest that the mails in question should be addressed in future viâ Naples.

I am, &c.,

EDw. H. REA.

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,

&c.,

&c., Hongkong.

&c.,

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

Mails for the United Kingdom, &c. by French Packet.

Under instructions from the London Post Office, the Mails for the United Kingdom which have hitherto been forwarded viâ Marseilles, will henceforth be forwarded viâ Naples, as it is understood that a gain of twelve hours results from the adoption of this route.