20.
21.
786
which Mr. Brown will have the
superintendence.
9.
The
changes
in the
Staff of the Postmaster General's Department,
are due to the provision which has been
made for the sorting of Mails on
Freuch Mail Steamers.
board the
The fortnightly Mail for this Colony conveyed by the P. & O. Packets is, as
Your
fordship probably knows, sorted at sea
Mails by the rouch Packsto sorted at sea
in the same way,
and thus to avoid the
delay of sorting them on
arrival. It was
regarded,
shore after their
however,
as
that the French Post Office
would
unlikely
consent. The subject having
been brought
the
to
my
beturcen Singapore
and here, and is
of
its
Q
delivered within a few minutes
arrival. It has al
It has always been desired: by
• Mercantile Community to have the
Mails
the
notice, I succeeded in inde
in indueing
French Consul at this Port to interest
himself in the matter, and, through his
representations, the consent
Post Office
of the French
was obtained. It was intended
Office was
to report the matter to Your Lordship
soon as the scheme should be complete,
but, though the Frerich Postiel
Administration
do