“Did they do anything more than that?—Yes; they advised that every one wishing to write to places beyond Bombay should appoint an agent for the payment of the transit postage.
“The Post Office advised that?—Yes.
“Where does such advice appear?—In the notice given by the Post Office on the occasion.
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“Does that contain anything more than an announcement to the public that the East India Company had made such a regulation?—Yes; it contains a recommendation to the public to address their letters to the care of correspondents in India.
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“Mr. Tennent.—The tenor of your former answer would import that that was a suggestion emanating from the Post Office; are you aware that that was a recommendation made to the public by the Post Office in pursuance of direct instructions from the Directors of the East India Company?—I was not aware till this moment that the Directors of the East India Company had power to issue instructions to the Postmaster-General.
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“Are you aware of any instruction given by the East India Directors to the Post Office, that if parties wished their letters to be forwarded, they must find an agent there to do it?—I have, of course, no means of knowing the correspondence between the Post Office and the East India Company.