CO129-088 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [10-12] — Page 58

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Tire scheme being complicated will of necessity entail an additional amount

England

is exchanged at Point de Galle the price to be credited to the French Post Office will be the sea

Post

Office

as well

rate of 1 franc.

if

the

of work upon our

us an extru expenditure, but

service is

successful this will be met

I presume by the payment to our ffice of the rates similar to those it

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receives for Local and other

letters brought by the English Packets

Sailing Ships.

The rates changed by the French Facticts being higher in general

than those by the English will interfere much with the sucess

of the scheme, for instance if a closed tail from "Honghong

to

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half the lotal English rate over one third

of

of the whole distance, and out that half rate the English Post

pay

Office must

Egypt.

ucross

the

conveyance

In accordance with the directions of

The Duke of Newcastle I bey to stute that, with the

I see no

exceptions as above,

objections to the proposed

arrangements.

(Signed) Chas: St. (jes: Cleverly

M. s. b.

16th September, 1862-

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