CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 107

may be forwarded the

which they

are

received.

day

The Local Post office not having

rant us those.

been in a position to grant facilities, which . business

deer

in

demands, we

a

have at great expense established private line of Boats between the two-

Ports, and have also chartered the steamer

" Corsair " by which dispatch and

Regularity

are

insured and letters

delivered the arrival of the Beats.

or t

Regret to learn that v

are

likely to be

We now these arrangements interfered with, on the plea that they

us to the Revenue of the

are

we conceive

injurious Post Office, which however would not be borne out by facts.

Our sole object in establishing arrangements with Canton, has been to promote the general interests,

these

insuring all seasons of the

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at once great regularity at

Year

and prompt

delivery of letters at all hours, and we humbly submit that they contribute to the Net Revenue of the Post office

by

increased intercourse, whilst, at the

same time by the employment of the

of this Colony industry of this

the

and the

encoungement afforded to commercial energy and enterprise, the trade is generally benefited. We submit that this infant Colony cannot be confused

with London

or even

with a Provincial

a

Fern in Angland where the Post gifire

arrangements for conveyance and delivery public no grounds

are

such as to leave the

of complaint .

We bey therefore to urge upon Your

Lordship's attention,

our

Request that

have a

the system of communication

rve