CO129-083 - Public Offices - 1861 — Page 294

AG

Con

Monthly Mail with China,

the discontumance of which

had been

upon.

accently

determined

My Lords, however, have,

in relief of the Public Revenne, determined to raise the postage. of the corespondence between the United Kingdom and China,

telling

and also between Amma and

Australian Colomes, to ones per letter, up to half an ounce,

fords would have

my

been glad, had time permitted,

to ascertain the veins of the

Australian Colomies

471

this

byret, before finally deciding

the caen

postage

Qa

of a

an increased

to, but seeing

Bat

the question of the re-establishment

of the second mail was regarded

Ao

as very ingent by the deputation,

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and that the importance of this commuméation to the Australian Colomer was.

forcibly enged by the Sentlemen who represented those. Colomis in the Reputation; and seeing, also that it was the general feeting of the Deputation that nooty ection would be felt to the proposed

ow the Clonia

re rease of Postage

the

correspondence ; My Lords did not hesitate to anticipate what they precune will be the feeling of the Colomis, and sanction the Measing at once, rather than

delay

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what was represented as important for the interexto

of all per

sons Commeeted with

the Frade with Clinia.

I am to request that

the Duke of Newcastle will take the earliest opportunity of

Commume

neating

with the several

Colomis This subject - Should

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