CO129-183 - Public Offices & Others - 1878 — Page 94

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might be held against the

G.P.O. on the ground that, in

reach beyond

cases reall

The control

ofthe Contractors, they do not tend to Ensure punctuality, and that

thes

meres a premium

upon recklessness. But apart

from that question it is

very

doubtful whether it is worth

while to pay

a very large

£50,000) for

Come for sixteen speed

sum (in any case

extra speed, and whether the

the police is with that ascribed

If the P.LO. Coy. to. Gout,

ما

service

viz. to get as cheap a se

as

possible, leaving extra speed

o be determined by commercial

In that case.

Exigencies

ordinary services could be had 3

from wither the P.XO.or

with or without absolute

penalties.

Before proceeding

actual comparison ofther

Holt,

tan

tenders,

I would point out that white hr. Holt tinders in all Cases for

a service via the

Egyptian Railway, the P.&O.CO.

tender for both that a a service via the Canal. From the form oftender it would appear that the G.P.O. had invited

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