Complete
service
from Suez to Ceylon (China) there is as
a set
off
an
increast
of
cool
of £33500 of year their
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It may be here observed that the rate
of
speed offered between Brindisi and Alexandria and
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for being £370,000 against Mr Holl's offer of £336500 a year.
The flostmaster General's letter together with the Tonders
4: mselves having been referred for the consideration of the
Secretary of State for India in Council Lord Cranbrook in
Iritty whilst expressing his regret that the difference between
- we hos lenders to which Lord Johne Manners specially calls attention.
e
vis the one from Mr Holt for a subsidy of £236,600 and the other
from the peninsular Oriental Company for £370,000 is in the
opinion of the postmaster General so large as to warrant the
"Transfer of the Contract to other hand's from those of the peninsular
manner in which the duties
(Orental Compar; after the faithful.
" of the thuit service have been performed by it for the long
-" period of 4 yars remarks that the matter is one in which the
1 ritmiate decision must rest with the Reariry and he states that if after full
Consideration. Mar Lordships consider it right to accept Mr Folk Fender he wil accept
"Then decision."'
Swaz
and Bombay
the
danu
in both Aenders
viz 11 knots an hour.
The
papers were also referred for the consideration
of the Secretary of State for the Colonics – Sir Michael
Hicks Beach in answer, expressed himself very
strongly
in favour of the "Express" Service offered
by the peninsular and Oriental Company of 14
Knots
ar
hour in the Mediterranean and 11 knots
an hour Eastward of Suez. He deprecated the seriding
the Colonial and China mails round by Bombay
involving
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considerable loss of time in their
kanomission and he reminded Their Lordships
that the Penisioular and Oriental Compamps system.
supplies communications not only with the East
but also with the Australian Colonies and that
when