British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . EARLY TVlE OK KOVAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY SHIP. A MODKKN ItUlTlSlI SOUTH AMERICAN SHIP IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 517 The costliness of the early ocean mails between GreatBritain and the river Plate was sufficient to make theart of letter-writing a luxury. So far as Uruguay wasconcerned, it was claimed in 1854 that this disadvantagehad been removed, when the postal rates were loweredto two shillings an ounce, with an increased ratio of costfor
British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . EARLY TVlE OK KOVAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY SHIP. A MODKKN ItUlTlSlI SOUTH AMERICAN SHIP IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 517 The costliness of the early ocean mails between GreatBritain and the river Plate was sufficient to make theart of letter-writing a luxury. So far as Uruguay wasconcerned, it was claimed in 1854 that this disadvantagehad been removed, when the postal rates were loweredto two shillings an ounce, with an increased ratio of costfor letters exceeding four ounces! From this it will berealized that, even after these much praised reductionshad been affected, the cheapness of the correspondencewith Uruguay at that period was only relative! Thecharges in connection with the Brazilian mails wereequally heavy. Postage between this empire and GreatBritain was at one time 2/7 for anything up to half anounce in weight, and even in the late 1870s, the sameamount could not be sent under the cost of a shilling. Until the middle of the seventies the British postofficehad a branch of its own in Rio de Janeiro. By thismeans the British d
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