NEW MAIL SERVICE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1333, 6 November 1872, Page 2

NEW MAIL SERVICE.

The despatch received from the Imperial Government by the last mail relative to the future postal communication between the Australian colonies and the mother country was presented to the Legislative Assembly by the Hon. the Treasurer on the 22nd ult. The propositions are substantially the same as those which appeared in our English telegram. The Imperial Government will convey all letters from the . United , Kingdom to Galle free of charge, and will contribute half the cost of a. four-weekly service agreed on by the colonies to convey the mails from Galle to" the colonies, provided that such contribution does not exceed L 40,000 per annum. • If, however, a fortnightly service be determined on, the Imperial Government will consider the question of granting an additional subsidy. The Treasurer announced that the Victorian Government would communicate with the other colonies on the subject. He intimated indirectly that a fortnightly mail via Suez would be recommended, and at the same time stated that the Ministry iwere prepared to .take the 'whole responsibility of accepting the offer of the Imperial Government if the other colonies declined to come in. The Victorian Cabinet would also be prepared to grant, under certain conditions, a moderate subsidy towards a mail service via San Francisco, but, seeing the competition already existing on the route via the Cape qf Good Hope, the Government did not propose to subsidise that line, because it waa considered that without such assistance the Colony would reap all the advantages that were to be derived from it.