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in China.

are considered to

belong.

to

the Indian Establishment, and in

conformity with the Post Office Act and. Regulations of India - the voluminous Correspondence, Returns,

and Orders, connected with them.

pass" "Free"; nor do I see how the duty

is to be carried on

should

any

sudden

change be made in this arrangement for no officer / however high his rank) can be supposed to have the means,

and he certainly has not the authority.

to pay Postage

on

letters that addressed to him, or that he

may

be

may-

have occasion to forward, on the Public-

Service.

with

The preceding observations

apply

equal force to the Troops and ships of War stationed in different parts of China who

are

Mliged to report periodically

not

'

:

not only to the Senior. Military and Naval

as

the

Officers on the Station, but also- may be - to England and India, and were this routine prevented - which would be

- the immediate consequence of levying

Postage - the greatest publie

-

ineonvenience.

and embarrassment would be the

inevitable result.

I have

no doubt but all classes of

the Society at large will most gladly and: -thankfully avail themselves, of the facilities which the Post Office Regulations here will henceforward afford for ~ transmitting private letters to England. India and elsewhere, but even in this remark. I must, from all I hear, except. the Mercantile Community who will- not I am convinced, pay for the conveyance

of letters by their own vessels, and

than evading nothing

is more easy.

the