"In the Hongkong Mail it will be made efficient, and it will, like the Indian Mail, have as much as it can touch to do to accomplish."
C+:
I hope John will forgive my troubling you at such a time; but I cannot avoid feeling that an experiment capable of yielding such grand results should be allowed to break down the routine a little with a fair measure of trial. Mr. Mackenzie told me he would take upon himself the favour of calling upon you, and therefore ventured to give him a note of introduction to make his acquaintance, as he will find it useful in the consideration of the question, which will shortly be submitted for decision.
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