An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, Appointed Session, 1849, to Inquire Into the Contract Packet Service

2015. What was the subject of that memorial or letter?--The merchants represented to Sir Francis Collier the serious inconvenience which they, “and, in particular, the Canton co...

2187. Your grievance was, that you were shut out from fair competition by a corrupt predetermination at the Admiralty to exclude you, and to give the contract, at all hazards, t...

2276. But are the facts true; yes or no. I have collected the facts from your previous answers, and am putting them to you again; if any one of them be inaccurate, point out the...

“On the 6th January, 1848, the Admiralty gave notice to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, for the termination of the contract, at the end of twelve months, on the 18th Januar...

“I think with Captain Ellice and Mr. Bond, that we should desire to conclude an arrangement with the Oriental in preference to any other company, for the present contract has be...

AN ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, APPOINTED SESSION, 1849, TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONTRACT PACKET SERVICE; IN SO FAR AS THE SAME RELAT...

5th. And that in case a contract should be entered into with the Steam Company for the conveyance of Mails, the grant should cease, and merge into such sum as might be paid for...

Passage-money, after deducting the charge for £ _s._ _d._ maintenance 110,508 4 6 Stewards’ fees 1,677 16 8 Freight and parcels 72,894 9 9 Conveyance of mails 112,262 10 0 -----...

+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------------+ | | £. _s._ _d._| £. _s._ _d._| | General coal account | | 44,345 2 5 | | Ditto...

[9] The tenor of this memorandum is satisfactory in so far as it recognises the efficiency with which this Company has executed the services contracted for, and its consequent c...