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sort, and we should have all the old

wils back again (row alecort,

4 forgotten: ) of firms having their corespondence addreseed to Singapore and sent up by private hand 20 as to get it quickly

This might be economical, but

to.

it would not be pleasant,

it be called progress.

J

nor could

on the

It is useless to suppose that any inde

inducement would prevail public to correspond by private steamers if the streuch mails were available. When the postage to and from England 1/4 by the Mail, everybody here knew that letters could be forwarded

with

& fair regularity by private steamers for 6 ? I believe there

6? was

only community who took advantage of

one person in the entire.

the

the lower rate, and that person was-

lady 9.

With regard to the suggestion of forwarding Mails via Bombay, no

doubt it might be done if there were

any regular

of communication

between either Calcutta or

Madras

and Hong Kong. But, except the monthly Indian steamers from Calcutta, and a monthly Freuch from Calculte and Madras there are none . The following figures

steamer

were arrived at in consultation with

W = 3. R. Hogg of the

Indian Post Office

"

Average passage from Supto Bombay 111⁄2 days Suez to Hongkong via B3 bay to Madras 11⁄21⁄2 Colombo (both moncoorw drawhipping to 1

30 days. Madras to Penang 5 Penang to #Kong. 11

30-days

30 days

But