CO129-107 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [10-12] — Page 45

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other Ports in the Arabian sex frequented by ships but the trade between them and this is slight, there are Galle, Colombo, Cochin, Mangalore and You, the Steamers leaving Bombay and Suez generally touch at balle and Singalore but in transilu only As the Farrer's letter to the Under Secretary of State does not make mention of whether the Andian Government will receive Instinctions to collect light dues for Aylon, I assume that at the Pubs in India the tolls will not be collected and consequently

the collection will have to be made either here or at Galle, but if

his

the assumption

assumption is correct a Nessel bound hence to Bombay could clear for Singapore and thence to Bombay; if she did not find it

convenient to touch at Galle che would evade payment.

Sailing Shits go

the dues for

here.

to and fro direct

them would be colleced

There will be found

A.

letter

Discrepancy between the present retorn and the one in my 1:87, in the first I gave the Steamers (not P.+0.) credit for returning to Bombay which, as a rule, is the case but as they chiefly clear for Singapore they cannot be

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