CO129-183 - Public Offices & Others - 1878 — Page 116

Skam Navigakon Company has made for

Service

olice

ল

C

week between Brindisi and

Alexandria and

Luz

and Bombay and vice versâ

A

at a rate of speed of 11 knots an hour; and for.

Q

Servici

once a

fortnight behoon Suez and Shanghai

and

viet vered at

a

rate of speed of 101⁄2 knots,

t

for a subsidy of £370,000 a year. The Contract

to be for 8 years terminable on 244 months notice.

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The penalties to be absoluk - but the subsidy

be reduced by $10,000 a year in the events

of the penalties not being made absoluk.

The advantage of accepting the tender of the

peninsulars and Oriental Company

Holl may be summarized as

first place the Company give

over

that of Mr

follows - In the

a direct service

from Swey to Ceylon and China whilst under

Mr. Holt tender the Colonial and China Mails and

those

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those for the Otrishalian Colonces

would be

carried round by Bombay - In the 2nd place the

· advantage in regard to the home which will be

occupied in the conveyance of such Mails is

manifestly

Ander as

hine in

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favour of the fleninsular and Oriental

against that of M. Holt. The different

favour of the Company's kender being

Between Brindisi and beylon

"

"

1

Ingapare

43 hours

52

Shanghai 63

"