No. 73

Your Grace's despatch No. 50 of the 24th August 1867,
forwards for my "guidance" a report from the Postmaster General
to the Lords Commissoners of the Treasury relative to the rates
of postage upon letters and papers sent between the United
Kingdom and British North America via the United States.

2. Your Grace directs me to bring this Report under the
consideration of my Council with a view to obtaining concurrence
in the recommendations of the Postmaster General.

3. Having consulted the members of the Executive Council &
received unanimous assent I forwarded copy of the Duke of
Montrose's letter of the 12th August 1867 for the
information of the Postmaster General on the 19th of
November. Since that date the proposition made has been acted
on by us. Letters with English stamps are delivered free in
this Colony, but it appears that in some, if not all cases, our
prepayment by means of local stamps has been ignored in the
United Kingdom and full postage charged.

4. If a formal acceptance of the Duke of Montrose's proposal is
required I hereby tender it, with the advice of my Council. But
I considered the matter settled when I sent a copy of the letter
of His Grace to our local Postmaster General on the 19th of
November last.