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

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Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Inquire into the Contract Packet Service

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English

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HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

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Mail steamers -- Great Britain

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eBook-No. 55064

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July 7, 2017

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1. 1.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 RELATES TO THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; WITH AN INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT AND REMARKS. Presented to the Court of Directors. ABSTRACTED AND PRINTED FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE COMPANY. November, 1849.
2. 2.AN ABSTRACT, &c., &c.
3. 3.No. I. THE PENINSULAR MAILS.
4. 4.No. II. Contract for an accelerated Conveyance of the India and other Mails between England and Malta, and Alexandria. COMMENCED SEPTEMBER 1 ST , 1840.
5. 5.No. III. Contract for conveying Mails between Suez and Aden, Ceylon, Madras, Calcutta, Penang, Singapore, and Hong Kong. COMMENCED JANUARY 1st , 1845.
6. 6.No. IV. Contract for conveying the Bombay Branch of the India Mails between Southampton and Alexandria.
7. 7.DISCONTINUANCE OF THE ABOVE ARRANGEMENT.
8. 8.ABSTRACT OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. — Efficiency of Performance of the Mail Service. — No Breaches of Contract committed. — Complaints made to the Admiralty against the Company. — Charge of corrupt Jobbing, and Favouritism by the Admiralty towards the Peninsular and Oriental Company. — Inspection of the Company’s Affairs by the Government. — Report by Captain Ellice and W. H. Bond , on the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company .
9. 9.APPENDIX. — No. 2—List of the Steam Ships belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.—June 10, 1848. — No. 3.—Statement of the Debts, Assets, and Effects of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, 31st March, 1848. — No. 4.—Disbursements and Receipts of the Peninsular and Oriental — Steam Navigation Company.—Fifteenth Half Year, ending March 31, 1848. — Copy of a Memorandum by the Earl of Auckland , on the receipt of that of Mr. Cowper . — Extract from the Deed of Settlement of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, dated 25 January, 1841.
10. 10.CONCLUDING REMARKS. — Extract from the Evidence of Mr. Anderson, M.P., a Member of the Committee. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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