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any official information on the subject. M. de Freycinet therefore could not give me, till further informed by French merchants & traders.
I have been informed by H. Egerton that any opinion on the matter is premature.
I venture to think it is very improbable that the French Govt will view with a favourable eye a proposal for the abolition of the Consular Post offices: as M. Herbette said to me "we always cling very much to this privilege in the East, as it is appreciated by...