Singapore when forwarded by
British Packel should be as- follows.
12 t The ready assent of this Government may safely be given to the proposal to account to the Imperial Post Office at the rate ten pence per ounce,
ow for Letters and eight pence per pound for printed papers, and patterns despatched from Hongtong to Batavia, and it may also ____ accept the condition that no charge will be made for correspondence sent in the opposite direction.
2nd The postage to be
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collected in advance at Hangsting
or at any of the British Postal Agencies in China and Japon, on correspondence addressed to Batavia,
any place in Java - shall be hoelve cents per single rate of half.
an ounce on letters, two cents on each Newspaper. Price Current, and six cents each four
ounces on Book
for
Packets or Packets of Patterns .
3rd Setters may be ingested
reciprocally and the charge for registration at Hongstong and the British Postal Agencies
Agencies in China.
and
Japan shall be twelve cents
each letter, in addition to the~