beng
Pattern packets even when opene
other
on
at the suds passed the this, or any
ends Brauch office of the English, or Indian General Post Offices are subject to postage; as Mr. Strachan from his Commissariat transactions ought to have known. Their closed at both ends of course can not exempt them. In the Mails to day Anchored a large parcel which the party to whom it was addressed refused, on account of the Indian postage, and, as containing nothing but Newspapers This parcel had been merely passed in and out the Bombay Post Office and was subjected by
to a Postage of ten Rupees If packets because of their bulk were allowed to be passed free through the Post Office it is submitted that extensive premises might become
very
necessary.
that office
A
It's not stated to whom the
parcel was addressed I apprehend that it has been addressed to some one
strange to the office
whose
Ataine (vec)
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Perhaps to a Mr Henderson. It is felt to be extremely unjust in those, who, neglecting to furnish lists of the parties whose letters they
receive, when repeatedly requested, complain of the detention which that neglect has generally
occasioned.
I have &c.
[signed] The J. Sealer. (True Copy)
To darin Frederick