is now building in this same quirter, and seeing that every wretched junk (many often carrying 20 or 30 packages of merchandise) dispatched by British firms, and the bulk of this business is British, has to be formally cleared at the British Consulate as well as at the IM. Customs, it does seem strange that a position in the business quarter and near the river has not been selected. A riverain site would to, [should think, furnish a more lively and agreeable residence to our hard worked eunsular officials (two in number).
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