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the Administrator of this Colony for Report, and that I have __ advised the adoption of the. system which you good enough to explain clearly

have been

Jo

I have suggested that Article I be modified so as to

include the Indian Mail steamers

which run from

from Hongkong to- Singapore and thence direct to

Calcutta. These steamers are under

Contract, run once a month- (with occasional extra boats) and are the main channel of Indran

lof. correspondence with this Colony. Upon Article 25 I have reported as follows:

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"With regard to the accounts, it

simpler, considering

appears to me, that there are.

daily intimate. exchange relations between Hongthing and Bombay to remit direct. It is almost certain that the remittances

well regularly be greater from - HongKong to India than in the reverse direction and therefore the simple system in use between this Office and London might be availed of Honghong remits weekly to London, deducting the sums- necessary to provide for London advices and this plan works well.

At the same time I am

quite

willing to try the London plas