Monthly English Mail Act 1857 (SA)
VICTORIB REGINB.
No* l.
Act to wmke provisioa for establishijry a Monthly Mail Com- mzmicatzbn Dctwcen the Prouirm o f South Australin and Greut Britain.
[Asscntcd to, 10th Novcmbcr,
AS it is expedient to makc provision for the establish- Preamble.
WHERE | mcnt of a more spccdy and regular postill communication |
between the Provincc of South Australia and Great Britain-Be | i t |
thcreforc Enacted by thc Governor-in-Chief of thc Provincc of Gonth
Australia, by and with the advicc and conscnt of the Legislative | Great Britain, invnlv- |
Council and House of Assembly of the said Provincc, in this present
Parliament asscmblccl, that it shall be lawful for the Govcrnor, with not exceeding |
the advicc of His Executive Council, to makc, or cause to be made, arrangements with the Postmaster-General in England, and with all other necessary parties, for the purpose of establishing a Mail communication by steam, not less than once a month, bctwccn the said Province and Great Britain, either clircct, or by may of some other Colony, involving an annual expenditure on the part of the said Province, of any sum not exceeding Fiftcen Thousand lbunds: Provided that no such arrangements for communication by way of Proviso.
Adelaide: Printed by autholity, by W, |
some other Colony shall be entered into for any period beyond the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- eight, unless on the condition that Line Ocean Stcamcrs touch at Kangaroo Island, or some other port of the said Provincc, for the purpose of conveying the return mail to England; and provided also, that no contract entercd into shall extend beyond the thirty-first day of December, one thousand cight hundred and sixty-one.
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