Act, 6 October 1697, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Eight day of September J^aj vi^c nyntie seven years

A1697/9/4

A1697/9/4¹

Letter: to the Council

Anent a pacquet Boat betuixt Ireland and Scotland

Letter from the Justices of Ireland to the Lord Chancellor In Ansuer to the privie Councills proposalls anent the establishment of pacquet boatts betuixt Scotland and Ireland and the ansuer or scheme Inclosed therin Being also read The Lords of his Majesties privie Councill ordaines the Letter and ansuer or scheme to be recorded And ordaines the manadgers of the post office of Edinburgh to see and ansuer the said peaper of ansuers betuixt and the nixt Councill day which is the fifth day of october ensuing
Folloues the Letter Direct this For the right hounourable The Chancelor of the Kingdome of Scotland
Our very Good Lord Dublin Castle 13 Agust 1697
We have receaved your Lordships Letter uith the proposalls from the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill of Scotland for the establishing of pacquet boats betueen the tuo Kingdomes and having Caused the same to be Considered by the manadgers of the post office here we send your Lordship Inclosed the scheme proposed by them for maintaining such a Correspondence And if their Lordships of the privie Councill ther shall joyn in opinione that tuo boates may be sufficient for that service we Cannot as to the rest perceave any Difficultie remaining We shall be aluayes ready to Contribute what may ly in us touards their Lordships Conveniency and that of the tuo Kingdoms and remaine Our very Good Lord your Lordships most humble servants sic subscribitur William Chester Gallouay.
Folloues the schem Inclosed in the said Letter
Ane ansuer to the proposalls from the Lords of his Majesties privie Councill of Scotland Concerning the Establishment of pacquet boatts betuixt that Kingdome and Ireland
It is Conceaved that tuo pacquet boats may very well serve for transporting of all Letters betueen the tuo Kingdomes which to pass tuyce weekly from each syde uill be sufficient here being only three pacquet boates which doe the duety thryce weekly to and fro through the passage Betuixt this and Holyhead is near thrice the Bredth of that betueen donaghadie and portpatrick The said tuo pacquet Boates to be maintained at the charge of Scotland and may be Keeped on aither syde as they please It not being materiall on which the three pacquet boates Imployed here belonging wholly to this syde The Government here being unwilling to bear any pairt of the Charge as is the postmaster Generall of England and his Deputy here yet touards maintinence of the said tuo pacquet boates at the charge of Scotland It is proposed that the postmaster here shall be at the Charge of Delyvering all Letters Directed to any part of Scotland at Donaghadie to the Master of Each pacquet boat as they shall arryve ther which Letters shall be taxed uith the Irish postage to Donaghadie which postage uill be 4d per Letters single and so proportionallie more for Letters double or of Greater Bulk of which poastage soe taxed It is propounded the post office of Scotland may receave the profite It is further proposed that for all Letters Directed from Scotland to Ireland that the postage may be at the delyverie in of the saids Letters into any post toune in Scotland receaved to Donaghadie in Ireland att which place the postmaster there shall foruard all such Letters speedily to Dublin wher the postmaster shall take care to disperse them to the severall parts of this Kingdome so that for maintaining of the tuo pacquet boates they uill receave on all Letters from Ireland to Scotland the Irish postage As also the Scotch postage from any part of Scotland to portpatrick uith what other postage they may think Good to Lay on Letters for Crossing the sea betueen portpatrick and Donaghadee.