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allowing for savings by other changes, INDO-CHINA BRICKS. TILES. PIPES
such as making Marseilles the European port instead of Brindisi, would cost India not less than £100,000 a year. But this estimate was necessarily conjectural, and it is understood that before definite. tenders are invited the question of appro ximate cost will be carefully examined.
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City opinions on the subject have been collected by the London Chamber of Com merce, on the recommendation of a joint meeting of the East India and the Posts and Telegraphs sections, for the con- sideration of a special sub-committee. Most East Indis merchants here seem to favour a bi-weekly service, provided that it can be secured without placing an undue harden upon Indian revenues-in other words, that there will be a fair. apportionment of cost as between India and this country. It is scarcely neces sary to say that the Indian authorities ure in the fullest accord, with this view of the financial aspects of the question," but it should be added. that bankers and inerchants are much more anxious for substancial acceleration than for dupli-
It may be mentioned that the propor- tion of cost falling on India under the present comprchot, which expires on January, 31st, 1010, was settled by independent arbitration, and it was recently stated by the Chamber of Com- meros that the Government of India bad no reason to be dissatisfied with the award. The Governor-General in Council will shortly receive draft forms of tender, prepared by the Postmaster General with a view to ascertaining what would be the approximate cost of an accólera- tion of the existing service or of a bi- weekly service, or both.
The claims of Karachi to be the alternate mail port are regarded with widespread favour, though the sequias cence of Bombay interests cannot be expected. There is a saving of 200 miles on the sen journey from Aden, and when, as will be the case within the next year or two, the Sind port has through broad gauge railway communication with the United Provinces and Bangal, instead of being partly dependent, as at present, upon the metre-gauge connection, it will be many hours nearer to Delhi, the winter capital, and other large centroe of the worth, than Bombay is, and even distant Colentta will be the gainer by
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THE OVERLAND ROUTE.HR The correspondence we recently published |-- on the Indian mails showed that some dis dum submitted to the London Chamber are often three times greater in volume satisfaction exista respecting the selection of Brindisi as the European mail port, of Commerce, has raise the interesting than those sent from India, and the cost one correspondent serting that the suggestion that, to avoid this frequent of Jract of the uply trunks westward sluggishness of Italian port authorities from London in trucks slung direct from therefore, like many others made in the handling, the mails might be conveyed would be prohibitive. This proposal, and trains frequently involves a fivetrain to boat and boat to train. He has last few months, though attractive from hours détence at Brindisi. The Director asked whether it would not be possible, the standpoint of time saving, must be General of Posts and Telegraphs in India favours the substitution of Marseilles, to transport these trucks all the way to set aside on financial grounds and one advantage of this would be some through Egypt by rail would be much antiquated methods and timings must be Snez Alexandria. The transit. The one ung certain is that the present reduction of the present frequent bandmore expeditions than through the Canal, materially changed to meet the necessities th Hongkong, March, 1914. ling and checking of the mail bags,
involving in each instance some loss of and at Sues the mail bags could be of Indian development and other consi time. When the mails are placed on delivered by Lender on board ship. tions of modern life. There is reason to board the P. and O. steamer at Port Alterustively the mails might continue anticipate at the precise form of the Said for the final stage of their journey then be taken by Leader through the in the first instance, and that tenders will
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