, 1872-06-15
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iEot following amendments had bn proposed.
/ The Committees NiuTvn ~: The whole eumnsa for nerC arrsto he srck ont
q me committee Majority a. : They gsO LtnrCanies to beatoedh from $2 to $40
and Harness to b" struck out the amount Sub No a of$Ioo for repairs to MalCoaches
ANU Harness, ao to- beshckO OUT and het item to be carried out with $l51.
l. me Committee: The amount Gub No y f$I2o for wages to ? Coachdnvo@ ODE stuck
The Spokesman explained the Committees amendmats,m and referred the Report He would
oudonw which hI5n@ed 10 the details of the prm"" ai His Isle Fumr nn said said it would Would % 9 rn nd" to
aka tho g Eth rmefMm Tnr nT ~ aI AnI1 Ill L L ~" ~
trcaniHs, as nhsH instance Hec ter,t its the Official, who receives the wages from the pra
namely thattNy are not ca@ among the expenses to be- approved by Government, but are paid
thoO Official @df for which he is moi bomd to give accounts to the Colonial Treasury or the
The v5ogoro4~ said in regard to the point made b. the Spokesman as avelr the omOb-
1t as the POunMe is Wiling to pay hm-Nhh he hl pvDauIh himself for that pmt and had
therefore put the question to to Letter Carrier here in C6rsimsod. who replied that he receives
LIST Member for 6hiAmntd [C~d~nI said he could not consider SIP month me toe much
m ~n Ms reason g@n Mng ohus matt persons employed as Letter Carriers havoc Untn@ to be
Ah Member for edaIsNI Country District ILaMmyl referred to the instance of small com
doing away with Letter Carriers altogether but had recommended the Mail Coaches as he comi-
GsH due :" Europeans employed in conveying the post to protect dmF from rn@ md heat md
thereby also avoid sickness and additional expense; tits bMtMt if wed our small resources can
spare $780, then e then for procuring hOSem the Ndfh protection But at the anne time,
ne could not cnMMert necessary to have Letter Carriers frhe benatof only a6w; he admtst
IS Fy pe@an3h not exactly Luxury, Tor gentlemen in town to get their letters brought to them
bmhe public ofoes would not be Inconvenience by the want of letter carriers, and the pIc
ference to what the honWabeC Commander ofe Company had said on aprious OCCASION he least
9@l requires sl eHsrs to be brought him by eter carriers, for he has under him those to whom
Bird CownmemIer [RqY9U said eHnya are brought up to him the sae as to e@ylo body eh;
but you haven htrc ameSt the greater part he public would not know wenl letters arrive
16 Member for FpdenEsed Country District [L@umo pointed out that in small communities
elsewhere the Post Offices are kept ~ persons having ohHd duties; list Hl0ars Bgnorly put
up the PosdHoe DOORS person read it and go to dahn their hdtmh
1A Member for ChrsHaSed [CindnaI sddhe was advocate dhmvng those letter cares
or mGsengem;a and he believes that FIVE once get ntot habit of sending for letters instead of
waiting for them to be brought to us it would very we'll go on; but FIVE haet those Lhr carriers
certainly S2 a month is not too much.
2i Member for Chrstaaes Country District [Ronaand observed that to every one usn
curl letters; but thaea ire besides large nunhrof inhabitants who have regular correspondence
btsM have relatives and frmdsf om whom tyn and tmdo get letters; they would notb be
regularly annmnced ~ the POtmastm5 and wec could have no idea of what then number would
would not come ill., and moreover the practice descending letter by private opportunity od in
crease 50 thath measure adphd asp ~psedw would be once those indances where yous save
much to yourselves officials and merchants That etrc carriers are so very useful land acmoda-
ug put to the porr o classes a aan ANY. any MESSENGER rs anzGusy looked tor by the poorer classes
would be an injury to the poorer classes Andh will be sn too that a large majority of the