in which we have involved.
Country,
has
secured its
own full indemnification,
besides obtaining for us, an
Augmentation of mercantile privileges of inappreciable
value. Again,
has not our
staple article, Tea, during
it rea
Freely
384
behoves us no
longer
to slumber or sleep. Adequate as
is the
existing
trade to render
a beneficial return to the
Peninsular and Oriental, or
any
other Company
which
should undertake to Complete
the
& Comprehensive plan of Trade last
Forty years
alone
Contributed in duty to the
National Exchequer fully
£130,000,000 ster-
ling?
When we see £320,000
per annum granted by Parliament in aid of steam
Communication with the
West Indies and South America Com-
munication, yet the
peculiarities of our social
Constitution, might prevent
any Company at present from un-
dertaking
this
line. Hence it is that we
May
venture to claim the
Attention of the Indian Board