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be made, and how the revenue

derived from the correspondencer

between these places is to be applied;

if the Colony pays the charge by the French Post Office it would seen

recvorrable that the revenue should

go wholly into the Colonial

Treasury,

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uvore

if the scheme

especially so,

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the

additional accounts required to

be thept there, and the extra cost

of Stationery caused by the French line of Pachets touching here and at Shanghai, will impose further charges upon the Colonial Governments.

7.

It would also seem reasonable

that the Revenue derived from the

transmission of closed mails tove

places in Asia, other than those

already named should

Colony,

до

to the

and that the expense, vist

to centimes an

and

ourra

for Letters

50 Centimes

a hound

for printed papers when conveyed

a less distance than 2,000 nautical

-miles, and 1 fr. 20th per ounce 50 Centrones

Zellers and.

for

се

pound for printed papers when

conveyed to places beyond that

the

by

necessary

distance, should be paid Colony, and it will also be ne

to increase the present rates ou

correspondence to these places in

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