The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-01
WASHINGTON, March 80, 1919.

WASHINGTON, March 80, lSl9.
The 7pamsit of Specie over the acknowledgement
Notice from the British Agent--Netc Route to
Sdw Faac,sco, &c.
Letters have been received here, dated San Bias,
Feb IA. They contain no news from California,
but make mention Of the fact Of the English
merchants having established depots at Panama,
Cruces, and Chagres, for the deposit OF specie
transported across the isthmus. Fire-proof vaults
have been built, and every arrangement made to
secure monopoly of the transport trade. The fol-
lowing directions for the remission of specie
have been issued by the agent Of the Royal Steam
Packet Company, at Panama -
Objections RELATING THE RENTING SPEcIB
FROM MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA.
Thoee who command vessels bringing specie from
Mexico or California which specie has to pass
the Isthmus to be embarked at Chagres in the royal
steamers are required to have, exactly registered in
this port the undersgned the bill OF sding Of the
specie; and they will obtain from the fresh
bills Of ladpg from Panama to the Bank Of England,
or any other port 1t which tho eompsnys steamers
In all cases Of boxes or packages Of specie It is
sental that the weight Of each package whether
eisti,g Of dollars gold 60, should not exceed at
the utmost lao pounds and the specie ought to be In
strong bags In Of accident the breaking of the
box in its the sthmus Each box
OF dollars ought to contain two thousand dollars, 80
that the weight Of box and specie and thing in
olrded may be about 1856 pounds, or q mule load.
II persons Iemitting specie attend to tho following
directions they will not be under the necessity Of
poyng agent in this city other than the agent Of
The company.
The original bills Of ladng Of the specie RENTED,
ought to be sent to the agent, accompanied with an
open letter for the correspondent conssnee in Eu
rope other place. As we'll the original as also the
copy Of this open letter ought to be sent ON ct the
time and the agent will take care to despatch
them at different times. The agent will send to tho
persen RENTING specie from Mexico or California,
COPY of the bill Of lsdpg sent to Europe.
The expenses Of remtting will consist In the disem-
barking, carrying by mules postage, &c. the whole Of
which will not exceed four dollars for each psckage-
The freight paid to the company from Panama includes
every kind Of expense except the insurance.
The above regulations will only be In force until the
royal company Of steam navigation has completed its
arrangements to give bills which will be in force from
Mexico or California. to Europe.
LOUIS LEWIS, Interior Agent.
AGENCY OF THE ROYAL STEAM Co
PANAMA, Jan. %, 1910.
II not little astonishing that with all the &C.
knowledged enterprise we possess, the British
merchants generally contrlve to get ahead IN all
important matters. This arrangement for the safe
transmission of specie will in all probability, send
nearly the whole OF it into the vaults of the Bank
of England, instead of finding Its way here, as 1t
ought to do
BY the way, we learn from private letter from
Quincy, Illinois, that an enterprlsng citizen there
has established line of coaches to run from that
city to San Francisco fare $500. The proprietor
Of the line has been over the route and sangulne
OF his success. B.