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sort, and we should have all the old
wils back again (row alecort,
4 forgotten: ) of firms having their corespondence addreseed to Singapore and sent up by private hand 20 as to get it quickly
This might be economical, but
to.
it would not be pleasant,
it be called progress.
J
nor could
on the
It is useless to suppose that any inde
inducement would prevail public to correspond by private steamers if the streuch mails were available. When the postage to and from England 1/4 by the Mail, everybody here knew that letters could be forwarded
with
& fair regularity by private steamers for 6 ? I believe there
6? was
only community who took advantage of
one person in the entire.
the
the lower rate, and that person was-
lady 9.
With regard to the suggestion of forwarding Mails via Bombay, no
doubt it might be done if there were
any regular
of communication
between either Calcutta or
Madras
and Hong Kong. But, except the monthly Indian steamers from Calcutta, and a monthly Freuch from Calculte and Madras there are none . The following figures
steamer
were arrived at in consultation with
W = 3. R. Hogg of the
Indian Post Office
"
Average passage from Supto Bombay 111⁄2 days Suez to Hongkong via B3 bay to Madras 11⁄21⁄2 Colombo (both moncoorw drawhipping to 1
30 days. Madras to Penang 5 Penang to #Kong. 11
30-days
30 days
But