We are always ready with detailed Lists of Outfit, and to advise parties who apply in time to avail themselves beneficially of our assistance in this and every other particular relating to the journey.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company do not in any case book through to <big>BOMBAY</big>, and for information and assistance in removing all difficulty while _en route_ to that Presidency we recommend that application be made to this Agency.
BAGGAGE is fetched from any part of London by us and sent down to Southampton, and there put on board the steamers in accordance with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's regulations, at a fixed charge on each package.
The BANKING DEPARTMENT of this agency includes all monetary operations at home and abroad.
PAY AND PENSIONS RECEIVED. Life insurance and insurance on baggage, passage and goods, effected; letters of credit granted; private and public business transacted at all the Government offices, and at the East-India House.
Military appointments and miscellaneous supplies of every description, including wines, musical instruments, plated ware, cutlery, sporting equipments, &c., &c., &c., are procured direct from the manufacturers, and forwarded as instructed by messes or individuals requiring them.
We are always ready to give advice when required for the packing of goods and render estimates of Cost of Freight and insurance--of packages to any part of the world. Having directed particular attention to this branch of the business, the fullest information and assistance can be given.
Although it is not indispensable that parties resorting to this Agency should become permanent SUBSCRIBERS of £1 per annum paid in advance, we beg to observe that those who do are entitled to the privilege of admission to a comfortable READING ROOM, provided with writing materials, and where English newspapers and periodicals and the latest Indian journals are regularly filed.
Many parties resident in this country experience great difficulty in the transmission of their Indian Letters, the postmasters, except in large towns, being frequently ignorant of the rates chargeable, and unable to afford any accurate information on the subject. The charges for postage become a serious item in an annual account; the subject is, therefore, deserving especial attention. Parties who from choice adopt the Marseilles route, may save much by selecting the lightest paper made for the purpose and by dispensing with large seals of wax.