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Steamers between Singapore and this Island, as that scheme, if allroved
would necessitate
several alterations in the existing postal Establishment.
2.
Lince the ente of that Dispatch I have received your Graces Dispatch Nelll of the 10th December lack, informing we don
mie that
London
the Post Master General in was not prepared to withdraw
the Naval agents from on brend
the China contract Packets at present, and that the arrangement proposed by me could therefore
only be carried into effect by this
Government menning
on each
th
expense
from
voyage,
added
of a clerk's passage to and Lingapor to the Cost of fitting up sorting offices on brand the Packets employed on the china line, amounting to about £100 to each packet.
3. I have ascertained that such
annum, un
an arrangerment would involve an additional expenditure to the local Post Office of nearly £1,400 pur
outlay at which the saving of a few hours in the delivery of the English mail would be too Mearly purchased. I therefore delay
longer in
in submitting a proposal
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