Published by Jim Hendrickson and the University of Victoria.
The project glossary items have trm_
, and we use a trm:
prefix to refer to
them when linking from
We link to orgs in orgs/organizations.xml
using the org:
prefix.
We link to places in places.xml
using the plc:
prefix.
We link to people in bios/*.xml
using the prs:
prefix.
We link to vessels in vessels/*.xml
using the vsl:
prefix.
We link to other documents in the collection using the cdc:
prefix.
The cdt (ColDesp Document Type) prefix used on
We link to other documents in the collection using the cdc:
prefix.
Despatch to London. Minutes (4).
I think it right to suggest that the attention of the Postmaster
General should be called to the disproportion which now exists
between the rate of Postage from this Colony to Great Britain
and the rates from this Colony to the United
2. At present the rate of Postage to and from Great Britain, on
a single letter, under 1/2 ounce, is one Shilling, or twenty
four cents. The rate, under the recent arrangements, to any
part of the United States is six cents, or three pence; and the
same rate of six Cents is all that is charged on Letters from
the United States to Great Britain. Consequently persons
writing from
3. This disproportion ought not to continue. The existing rate
of Postage to England was established before the opening of the
Pacific Railway, when the Mails were sent via