CO129-091 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [1-3] — Page 16

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Community with a petition from the entire mercantile body that the (Columbian's" departure might be

delayer,

in consequence of

the

little time left them to dispose their through correspondence

from the north

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china under

(circumstances correctly stated

in Mr. Still's better to Sir Frederick

Rogers, forming enclosure in

your Grace's Despatch.

4.

The request

requent was supported

by the Agents of

the Peninsular and

riental Steam Navigation Company,

to which the "Columbian" belongs.

5.

I endorsed

my concurrence,

I in I believe nearly the same brief

Y

words

as

those used by Sir Hercules Robinsons in the previous case of

the "Ermen", which has already received explanation in my Despatch N. 76 of 14th November last.

6. The mail

Agent

however

مة

called and represented that distinct orter was requisite for his justification, and I added

ů

few words to

my former endorsement, with which he declared himself satisfied.

Not only did the Mail

7.

Agent make no

objection

remonstrance to me

but the the impression

certainly gave me the

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