Received. 3.796 1,285 Despatched. 3,466 1,865
The Acting P.M.G. then complains of the inferiority of the gum on the stamps provided by the Crown Agents, and reminds letter-writers of the advantage they would gain by putting their names and addresses on the outside of their covers in the case of their letters becoming Dead Letters. 'I'he question of the large amount of Chinese correspondence that evades the General Post: Office is then dealt with. This correspondence the acting P.M.G. classifics as follows A. Correspondence originating in the Colony and destined for places in China other than the 'I'reaty Ports where the General Post Office has Agencies.
B. Correspondence originating outside the Colony, as at Saigon, Singapore, &ec., and destined as A.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.