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MEMORANDUM. 



several ports of the Pacific and Panama^ speci- 

 fying at the same time the estimated expenses 

 attendant upon any plans suggested by them^ 

 and how it is proposed they should be defrayed, 

 and as nearly as can be ascertained, an average 

 estimate of the amount of correspondence which 

 may be expected to pass through this channel. 



Gentlemen willing to supply any information 

 whatever on this subject, would render it more 

 available and interesting by forwarding it, in 

 writing to this Consulate General, as early as 

 may be convenient to them. 



After a reasonable time has been allowed for 

 the consideration of this subject, in all its bear- 

 ings, it is proposed to convene a public meeting, 

 in order to secure an unreserved discussion 

 upon the merits of the several plans suggested, 

 and thereby to collect, in a fuller and more sa- 

 tisfactory manner, the general sense of the 

 parties interested in the establishment of a 

 direct communication between Great Britain 

 and the western coast of South America, re- 

 specting the most advisable plan to be adopted 

 to secure that object. 



The benefits of a direct intercourse between 

 the several ports of the Pacific and Panama, ' 

 and from thence to Jamaica, not being confined 

 to British subjects alone, this Consulate Gene- 



