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RETURN to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 15 February l853;-^r, "COPIES of CoKRESPONDENCE hctweon Sir John PaJtmjtnn and the Post- inasU'r-Cu'ucriil, iu the Year l8.-i;>, in reference to a Rkduction in the Kates of Colonial Postage." (-'olonial Offiw, Dnunint^-slrert,! » -Mnrcli l.^r.3. ' f FREDERICK PEEL. — No. I,— Copy of a LETTER from //. Merivale, Esq. to Lieutenant-Colonel Maberltf. , ^"''. , , Downing-street, 21 September 18.V2. No 1 I AM .hrectod by Secretary Sir John Pakington to acquaint you, for the H. Meriv'slei Esq. nilormation ot t'le Postinastcr-geiieral, that he has received numerous applica- «« Lieut.- Colonel turns, both from the colonies and from this country, praying that the benefits of ^'"•'"'J'- a cheap and uniform postage may be extended to colonial comnmnication. " ^*P*' '®^*- I am desn-ed to inform you, that Sir John Pakington concurs with the peti- tioiiers as to the advantages which would result from the concession, and that he IS .avourably disposed to it, if the arrangement can be effected without serious difficulty ; and I am to recpiest that you will move the Earl of Hardwicke l« favour Sir John Pakington with his opinion on the subject. I am also directed to accjuaint you, tliat owing to the large and increasing amount of emigration to the British colonies, and to the desire of persons who prosper there to send hr me money in order to assist their relations to follow them from this country, the want has grown up of an opportunity for numerous small remittances from the colonies. From North America they are made to a very large amount indeed, which was estimated at more than 1,000,000^. sterling in the past year, through the intervention of jirivate firms; but those firms complain much of the trouble and responsibility which they involve, and in some cases where houses of inferior respeetaliility may be employed' the poor are liable to be defrauded of the benefit intended for them. There can be no doubt that the practice on the part of persons who have improved their con- dition by emigration, of s-mding honu! money to enable their friends to follow them, IS highly laudable, and that it is deserving of encouragement both in a moral and social point of view. In Australia, however, the habit has not yet become nearly so general as in North America, and it is not improbable that, to some considerable extent, it is checked by the want of convenient and readily intelligible means of sending home the requisite funds. Under these circumstances, the question has been proposed, whether it might not be possible to extend to colonial correspondence the system of making payments by Post-office Orders, which has been so successful in this country ; and I am to request that you will bring the subject, with the fore- going statement, under the notice of the Earl of Hardwicke, and will inform me whether tlie suggestion ajjpears to his Lordship one which could " nter- tained, and rendered fit for practicud adoption. If this result could be .ecured, Sir John Pakington believes it would be a great boon to the colonies and to the humbler classes in this country. I have, &c. (signed) //. Merivale. 204. 2 CORRESPONDENCE IN IlEFEllENCE TO A REDUCTION No. 2. J. Tilley, Esq. H. Merivale, li « October 185 End. in No. 3, — No. 2. — Copy of a LETTER from J. Tilley, Esq. to //. Merivale, Esq. Sir, General Post-office, 8 Oc'ober I8rj2. TiiK Postmaster-general has had under consideration your letter of Ihe 21st ultimo, and with reference to that portion of it which relates to the; |)ro- posed extension of a cheap and uniform postage to letters transmitted between the United Kingdom and the several British colonies, I am directed by his Lordship to transmit to you, for the information of Sir John Pakington, the enclosed copy of a letter which he addressed to the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury on this subject in April last, with a copy of the rejjly of their Lord- ships ; and I have to state, that the Postmaster-general will bo glad to know whether the measure projiosed in this corresjiondence is such as Sir John Pakington has in view. If so, the Postmaster-general will be prepared to renew his application to the Treasury on this subject. I nfivG &c H. Merivale, Esq. (signed) ' J. Tilley, &c. &c. &c. Assistant Secretary. El closure in No. 2. TO the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, My Lords, My predecessor, in a letter dated the 0th September 1850, brought under tlie considera- tion ot your Lordships' Board, tlie importance of estabhshins,' uniform rates of po^ta-e upon letters, newspapers, books, and Parliamentary Proceedinj-s, transmitted either by packet or private ship between the United Kingdom and all British colonies, and of com- binine in such uniform rates the total charge, imperial and colonial, to d.stination by which means it was proposed to afford to tlie public the option of payin-r the whole of the postage (as regards letters), m advance, either in this county or in the colony, or of forward- ing the letters unpaid. As a preliminary measure, letters were addressed by the Treasury to the Secretary of btate for the Colonies, and to the Secretary of the India Board, acquainting them with the proposition which had been made by the Postmaster-general, and requestm- that the necessary informa on, relative to the rates charged in the several colonies/and in the East Indies, on letters, &c., might be furnished. , t c x.dsi The required information has, up to Uie present time, been received from Heligoland, the Cape ol Good Hope, Ceylon, Labuan, South Australia, Van Diemen's L.nd, Wew South wales, tot. Helena and Sierra Leone, and although there remain several colonies from which no reports have yet been received, there nevertheless .-.ppears sufficient information to serve as the basis of a general measure for the Crown colonies, leaving the East Indies to be dealt with when the requisite particulars aie supplied. The information gathered from the reports made by the several colonies, confirms the in- pression of rny predecessor, that, in no other instance than that of Heligoland (whi<:h was proposed to be exempted f.on, the arrangement in respect to the amount of its rate'), the establishment of a shilling rate, would r.iise the present total charge, uhile tliere are com- paratively but few cases in which such arransement would materially lower the char-'e loZ,! "'°'' ^^''}T^ ° r''"' '?"^'' '^ *''"' of Ceylon, where it appeals that, even upon the le era conveyed direct from this country by Briti.li contract 'packets, ami cmsequcntly ♦^f rL T ^""K'^'f^ ^^ ^^^ ?'°"'''' e°^'-'''n'"«^"t. a sea rate of I5. is nevertheless added at the colonial post-office, which just doubles the cost to the public, thus raisin-' a great obstacle to correspondence, and injurmg the home revenue. A slate of things showincr the necessity for some such arrangement as that proposed by my predecessor ,h» M^^n ^''P'"''f-^r'"^-'''''f "',"'" '*°i:'''''"^ '="''y'"S ""' ^•''^ »«asure recommended by he Ma quess of Clanncar^e's letter of the 9th September I80O, at least so far as relates to he Crown colonies; immediate effect being given to the measure in all colonies whose L°regai^riKlherr''' " "'^' ''''''°^' '"'' "''°°^*«''°"« ''""S fc't'»«»'h commenced The original proposition consisted in fixing the uniform rate of postage at the amount tlT^l TT^ '" "\"f cases, viz., 1,,. ,he half-ounce, with the present scale of acZ" the same to free the letter to i,s place of destination, and t- be pre-na.d or not, at the S^ silou d l' ''"'*''• . f '^r ^''i"'"^, •' ^^-^^ P''"l^°^^''' ^'"''' '^« i" th'e cnse of Cald 2d. should be assigned to the colonial post-office as its inland rate, the lemainin-r lod bemg assigned to the British office as its inland rate and sea postage combined. ° Of course to this uniform r.te, addition would have to be madet as .1 present, when the letter should be subjected to a foreign transit postage, as in the case of litters to the Eat Indies via Marsedles, and to Canada vid the l/iiited States It would remain to deal with li.e division of the rate on letters conveyed by shin as also with newspapers and Parliamentary Pioceedin-s. ^ ^ ' ' Where letters arc conveyed by ship, the colony xL of course entitled to a larger sham ..f tiao between tlin "iivdiirable to the IN THR RATES OF COLONIAL POSTACJiv llie posln|;c, and I sliould rrconnncnd limt the 1 «. rate be eqii,.llv divided Home (..(neinmciit tind the colony, im aiinni-cnieiit sonievvlmt niore fuvo colonies than ihiit. uhii h now cxisis. Nevvspapeis Hic conveyid n n,te. «huh vary ronsid.rahly. In many cases they l-ns. entnely fr.. o cha.ge; n> o-hers, a ,hi,n:e (i^eneially of 1 r/. ea. h) is nm.le Hther n. tin. conn ,y or n. the col ny ; l.nt I am noi nware of any case in whi'^h a newspaper is cli,ir..cd in both, n this co.Mitry ihe nd.. ., to .hn.-.-e nothing if the newspaper be carrud by p.ckei, and 1 a. i by private ship. In ihe cob>nies the practice is- exneedimr|v vaiiable llie ailopticin of a uuifonn rule, tlieiefoie, imphes either the imposini- of a rate in those rases whe.e newspapers oo free, or the extension of free conveyance to those newpupeis «bicli ar.Miow charj:e.l, an alternative which would not only cause some los. to .he levenu. . but would auL;meni an inconvenience already seriously felt by this depanment 1 arhamentary Ptocee(lini;s it is very d.snable, for "the sake of simplicity, to place on ihe same footing as oilier books ; as, however, this would, in many ,ases, involve an inciea-e in the present rates (generally from Id., though in a few cases iron. '2d. per quarter-pound, to (id. per half- poiiud), this change, as well as the establishment of a rate on all news nanei./ would lend to pro.iuee dissatisfaction, which I fear would sciively be allayed by the very inoderate and exceptional reduction implied in the establishment of a uniform letter rale oi Is. If. however, the interests of the revenue should be found to admit of a decided reduction in tlie general rate, all minor dissatisfaction would probably disappear amidst the cratif.ta- tionarisinii)t ot your 1( ftcr of tlic Htli ultimo, in wliicli, with reference to Mr. Merivale's letter «)t tlie 'J I St of September, you transmit tlie copies of a eorresponileneo which liad airea(ly passed witli ilie Lords Commissioners of the Treasury on lh(; sub- ject to wiiich the I'ostmaster-iiciierars attention has since l)een drawn by Sir .lohn Pakiiiirton, of a eiieaj) and unii'ovm posta[,'e to the colonies. 1 am desired to acquaint you, for the information of the Postmaster-general that Sir John Pakin.srton is satisfied that the scheme proposed in tiie Earl of llanUvu'kes letter to the Treasury, dated the '-Tth of April last, by which a .general sixjx'nny rate would be estai)lished for all letters under half an ounce sent to the Ihitish colonies, with the reciuisite de])en(leiit arrangements as to tlie tia.i.-missioti of Parliamentary Proceedinfis and newsi)apers, would be a im.st vjiJMable boon to ll(>r Majesty's coloninl subjects, and to all in thi.s country who have private or commercial relations with the colonies, and that !Mr John I aknifiton would be very f;lad if the Postmiistcr-f^eneral should be able .'i^rain to liriiis ^'h' i)roposal before the Lords Commissioner.s of the Trea- sury, in such a manner as may lead to its favouralile reconsideration. 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