CO129-167 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [1-8] — Page 636

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His Excellency Governor Sir Arthur Hennedy has been pleased to call

for my report. I have the honor to

state

Firstly. The proposal by the Governor of the Straits Settlements to the Government of the Netherlands India for a mutual free delivery of correspondence between Java and Singapore, having been left to be settled by the Government of Singapore because there are no British Mail Packets employed in the conveyance of the Mails between- Java and Singapore, and therefore

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1-operation on the part of the Imperial Post Office became.

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unnecessary, a similar arrangement

for the mutual exchange of mails between Java and this Colony suggested.

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Secondly. The circumstances in which this bolony is placed with regard to this proposal differ materially from those of Singapore, inasmuch as the mails between Hong Kong and Java

are

HongKong

conveyed by the

British Contract Mail Packets

and Singapore

between HongHong and

and on this account it will be

in the case of this

necessary..

Colony that the proposal of the Netherlands Government should be submitted to the General Fost

617-11 & S 4012)