The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-13 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION't

COMmUNICATION WITH IND

i'ne East 'Ladle papers last received contain
cu:-ious facts and calculations relative to the e
produced by the improved communication with I
by steam and otherwise. From these it appears
five years ago the total of letters despatched bet6o
India and England was estimated at 309,011, lot
last year the correspondence between the same e°,i,
tries by steam, exclusive of that by ships round ';
Cape, amounted to 680,000 letters and covers; ii
that on deducting 178;300 as the probable nuateritt,
newspapers, and adding 100,000 as the amount Lao
ters sent by the Cape, the correspondence het 01
England and India will be found to have doubry
within five years, Wind that notwithstanding the 11%ait
inland rate to which much of this correspoodenl-eft
subject. In the case of Calcutta, for instance, el re,
the postage amounts nearly to 2s. a cover, the el ,
spondence is estimated at 150,000 letters. If we -
pare the number 178,000 estimated above as m ,ro'
e r
bable amount of newspapers and magazines trap'
mitted to and from India and England, with the st:
merit made by Dr. Lardner five years ago, a mer,e, i 0
threefold increase will be found to have taken place
important item.
It has been a matter of surprise that, by the 10144;
turns, there appears to have been an increase 0f.,300
per cent. in the despatch from Bombay, while that oral
Calcutta has fallen off 33 per cent. This is aee°u„Ptiii
for by the fact, that, previously to the establishoe"i
steam communication, many letters were sent thll4o,
Calcutta, from the reason that the circulation of Pot,
bay newspapers being limited to its own Govereito
the departure of its ships was only known within °do
limits, whereas now the date of departure for the ?ea li
mail being generally known, letters are despeteu.aer
Bombay by the most direct route, and when gel' tis
sets shall start from Calcutta, touching at Madrag'bo
amount of letters apparently despatched from 13°°3
will experience a proportionate diminution. Ito te
The amount received from postage is found 'he
teed that obtained from passengers, the foriner;eo
462,000 rupees, and the latter only 388,000 ; "e the
in the calculations of Dr. Lardner, the revereeilesa le
case, the receipt from passengers being estimen'ooo;
196,000 rupees, and that from letters, &c., at 17'fer
but in these calculations the passengers' fares Ocre,nie" to
rated, as well as the probable number of pt7gb6
who would prefer steam to canvass. It is I,' 003
however, highly probable, that when a special
communication is established from Calcutta. tclosllo,
enabling passengers from Calcutta, Madras, -o.oa miff
to embark from their own doors, the number crtJelji,
on five years ago, which was 2,400, will be fully r'-'
The Bombay Papers contain accounts from 0
‘v,!,
to the Bth of December, and these, compared iof
itiel
dates received direct to-day, are about three weeks '0
The Portland-bay land sale had taken place, emiir:4o
were remarkably high. As an instance, it is stata.s
" 20 acres of land, in a projected town where th°r
not a house, fetched 11,0001." Trade continuo:l
dull. Rains had been plentiful and seasonable, ell A
kinds of provisions were abundant at low Priceliesiit
new feature in colonial commerce had sprung into 0 rot
ence, that of exporting Mauritius and Indian sugi dego
the London market. One vessel was already'. 'atop
and others were to follow for the same destil rr
Fine flour was 21s. per 100113. ; seconds, 18s.; alipr
tions, 15s. ; bread 6d. the 21b. loaf. From New bsi,
land the latest accounts state that six white met
been killed by the natives at Cloudy-bay. l'' vef of
had been despatched thither, under the com°lB-6e`,
Lieutenant Brest, to inquire into the circumstalleepti
the case. Rice was selling at 3d. per lb. for good,
flour 251. to 281. per ton.
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