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two or three steamers a week
-belonging to other lines, of - which at least three a month. those of the Messageries Maritime and the Norddeutscher Lloyd, bring Mails from England
in
a shorter time than that permitted even under the- new contract. And as
increase
any
of this subsidy would appear to be in contravention
of
a settlement arrived at so recently as 1883, I trust that
Your Lordship will feel justified
in
>
in
defending the Colony from
an addition to its burthens
which it can very ill afford,
and the imposition of which will, I feel sure, be strenuously opposed by all the Unofficial Members of Council.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant,