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classed as sixpenny and ninepenny
rates; they to at least 100 and 1/3, if it
would have to be raised
not even
d
it were
necessary to double them. A hardship would this be
inflicted on a portion of the community, who can, without
inconvenience, keep their letters under
1/4 oz. This office,
like the French, this uniformity
would be
disturbed, and confusion of rates
introduced:
again
It
can
hardly make any
difference to the French Office what scale we
adopt,
so
long
as
we credit that office with the
proper amount per
ounce; we, moreover, would be
placed in a still more disadvantageous
position,
with
regard to the
competition of the French and
American Offices, than it is now.
And whereas there is now
something like a
uniform European
rate, to wit, ninepence, per 1/2 oz. by British Packet, and per 1/4 oz.
by
others and per ounce on the bulk weights of letters
and papers respectively.
Nevertheless, I consider these objections should be put forward subject to the decision of the London Office. If it is desired, on the part of the Imperial Government, to sweep away differences of the unit of weight throughout the world:
S. 10 75— H & S 8164)