10th Feb.
Steamer Conference is in full. swing again. A circular has been issued on the Ist of January,—the one before is being sent out by the owners and brokers of the Ben line—which pro-whites a rebate of 6 per cent. on the freights contributed by all who confine their support for the first six months' vf the year to that line, this being! whade up to 10 per cent, if the exclusive Stipport is continued for the whole year. 'I hen—and this seen is rather contradictory in terms—it is added that shipments per P. & O., Messageries, Blue Funnel, Shire, and Glen lines will not invalidate claims for this rebate. he Mutual Company is not in it, it will be seen; and the Mutual Company is rapidly taking a very important position in the trade, and we are glad to see that it has decided to keep its! hands free.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.