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paying by weight only, as is about to be
done in the case
United States.
of rails for the
(b) Could the mails be transported
by way of Bombay
and Calcutta.
(c) A to revision of the existing
distribution of expense.
3.
Wr
M
F
et Menscorandum from e Fawcett, the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, which is quoted by Lord Derby, expresses the opicion ~ that carriage of the
mails by all or any of the companies running steancers between England and China would afford the communities here
Arvore
· frequent and less expensive +
Means
of
communication than
at present. It would be a
very
important poinct to this Colony if
such
such a result could be brought about,
because the ex
existing
mail service is
costing us £6000 a year.
Bout dam
of opinion that whatever economy - from the suppression of
may result,
communication
subsidies, frequency of com will be lessened, and regularity of...
Communication, which is at least as
as either frequency.
importaul
quickness, will have a tendency. disappear.
4.
happen
what would
to
In forecasting
the withdrawal of the P.
on-
† O. sicbidy,
au
important element. in the question is, what would be the movements of the P.120. steamers themselves? It seems reasonable to
suppose that what has taken place between Houghong
and Japan would
be