"معاملات الجمعية الجغرافية في بومباي. من يناير ١٨٦٣ حتى ديسمبر ١٨٦٤. (تحرير السكرتير.) المجلد XVII." [‎٧‎٩] (٥٢٤/٢٤٤)

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148. Be careful in the selection of Agents, and see that they fulfil
their duty.
149. If it he found that the cargo-boats from the shore cannot he
depended on for punctuality or in a breeze, establish independent cargo
boats, and include this charge in the Bill of Lading.
150. Let the cargo brought be delivered in good condition.*
151. If a promise be made to drop even the lowest class of pas
senger at a certain point, let the promise be fulfilled. It is better to
lose a little time in anchoring, and to expend a few extra pounds of
coal, rather than to allow a whisper of breach of contract to find its
way into the interior.
152. If a berth he once regularly secured, never infringe its
tenant’s rights in favour of a more advantageous offer ; stick to con
tract.
153. Adapt the accommodation of the vessels to the description of
passengers frequenting the route. An upstart native will push any
where ; but there are many Mahomedan gentlemen whose families were
old before England w^as born, and who yet, partly from modesty, partly
from religious prejudice, and partly from a pardonable reserve, cannot
bring themselves to intrude into the European saloon. Let the best
arrangement practicable be made to accommodate Orientals according
to their class in some other part of the ship.
154. I would suggest to the Government to require from steamers
carrying their mails that punctuality and those rates of speed which
are usually now required from similar steamers on other lines. At
present the dates are named only for Kurrachee and Bombay. And
the result is, that if a mail steamer finds herself late at Busreh, she
gives up all thought of reaching Kurrachee in time, loiters for cargo,
thus detaining the Gulf, Baghdad, and Teheran letters, and trusts to
some other steamer taking her place at Kurrachee on the specified day.
* Since writing tins, I have received an official complaint from the Governor of
Bushire of the non-delivery of goods, and of the departure of the steamer for Busreh
carrying the Bushire goods on with it.
A second complaint of the injury sustained by goods while on board.
A third complaint that the steamer gives no notice of departure, and last time left
a passenger who bad paid his passage-money.
In my opinion there are faults on both sides.