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varging in extent and in the rate of speed

offered.

4. Several. Tenders from Mr Alfred Holt

1 Liverpool, varying in like manner in extent

and the rates of speed offered.

The postmaster General observes that Nos 1

Fund D

may

be set aside as

they do not provide

" a complete service - His Lordship after remarking

that for what the peninsular Wreental Cof

Arm

An

an

//

express service (14 knots an

hour

the Meditteranean and 11 knots to Bombay

<

and Shanghai) equal to 11'1⁄2 knots

hour

an

- throughout between Brindisi - Alexandria

" and Suez and Bombay and 11 knots

an

hour

· between Suez and Shanghai the sum demanded by the Comparry £400,000 A year is lower

than £1416000

a

spear

demanded by M. Holt

for

12

for a service at 18 knots an hour between (

Brindisi and Alexandrice and Suez and Bombay":"

and 11 knots between Suez and China-proceeds

2

to recommend that favorable consideration

should be gweir to a

Tender made by W. Holt:

wherein that Gentleman undertakes to convey

the Mails at 11 knots an hour between

Brindisi and Bombay and 10 knots an hour

between Bombay and Shanghai

for

the

sumn

77-

of

£336,500 with absolute penalties. Lord John

Manners observes that the Tender of the fleninsular

and Oriental Seam Navigation Company.

which

best w

may be compared with that of

which provides

Mr Holt above adverted to is one

for a speed of 101⁄2 knots instead of 10 knots

offered by Mr Holt

to Shanghai - against

072.

this

the line from

Suez

3 yain of speed ( and a

complete

y

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