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two or three steamers a week

-belonging to other lines, of - which at least three a month. those of the Messageries Maritime and the Norddeutscher Lloyd, bring Mails from England

in

a shorter time than that permitted even under the- new contract. And as

increase

any

of this subsidy would appear to be in contravention

of

a settlement arrived at so recently as 1883, I trust that

Your Lordship will feel justified

in

>

in

defending the Colony from

an addition to its burthens

which it can very ill afford,

and the imposition of which will, I feel sure, be strenuously opposed by all the Unofficial Members of Council.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

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