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The extension of the mail contract to Japan is perhaps the only other portion of these interesting papers that requires my hands, the remark at growing importance of the Trade with that country and the consequent increase in the bulk of the mails having called forth strong representations from Her Majesty's Minister, and also from the Consul, at Yokohama).
As to this necessity of placing the Postal Agency on a footing separate, and independent of the Consular Service, especially in view of the line of American Steamers which will, next year, and, this will doubtless give a further impetus to Commerce, and, comes an increase in this postal direction; but, so far, these representations have only had the effect of extracting a promise from the Post Master General in London, to entertain the question, after the Officer of his Department whom he purposes dispatching from London to inspect the Post Offices in the East shall have arrived.