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and is then divided into two categories :-
(a) Sea Postage.
Postage derived from Mails exchanged by the Colonies with the United Kingdom of which half is allotted to the United Kingdom and half to the Colony concerned.
(b) Sea Postage accruing from Intermediate Mails and from Mail conveyed on behalf of Foreign Countries, which is shared in the same proportions as the cost of the sections over which The Mails may be carried.
The difference between 1 and 2 gives the amount of the payment to be made.
When the present contract was entered into, the following figures were arrived at:-
1. £13,791
2. 1,071.
Difference £12,700 of which we actually pay £6,000.
The proposed basis appears to differ from the present basis in the following respects :-
To 1 is added a proportion of Incidental Expenses divided in the same way as the cost of the Service.
2. There seems to be no mention made of any Sea Postage on Mails coming under division (a).
The data supplied by the London Office in the table attached to these papers are not sufficient to enable me to make a comparison of the amount that we should pay under the present and the proposed basis, taking the Contract at its present figure, £265,000.
1. With these figures, I have worked out a table which shows on the present basis our share of the cost of service to be £15,264.25.