THE HAWKE'S BAY HERALD. Napier, December 17, 1859. STEAM COMMUNICATION.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 3, Issue 117, 17 December 1859, Page 2

THE HAWKE'S BAY HERALD. Napier, December 17, 1859. STEAM COMMUNICATION.

We are happy to be able to communicate cheerbg newß on this all-important question. ■'"'* " „ i The i owners of the" White : Swau^ have agreed to tne proposal made, by the |Sjaperinterident. That ve^elwill^ in fiitiire leave Auckland immediately upon the arrival of the Colemaa eteaowr,

bringing on the English mail, and conveying goods from Sydney at 60s. per ton, without expense of transhipment. The owners also guarantee that present rates of passage money between Napier and Wellington will not be raised, and that the steamer will remain in port not less than 24 hours each time. The General Government, upon being apprised of the state of the negotiation, promptly and gonerously took upon itself the payment of the required sum of £1000, demanding only an assurance from the Provincial Government that the money will be refunded in the event of the General Assembly refusing to ratify the arrangement. One difficulty alone remained, and that lay in the trips of the "Wonga." This the government got over by declining to subsidize that steamer after the present year, and by guaranteeing £500 a year to the "Swan," payable only so long as the "Wonga" may continue running "against her. While sorry that the little "Wonga" should thus be ignored, all must admit that a highly advantageous arrangement has been made — one that will rapidly redound to the prosperity of the Province. We, are happy to be able to add that, next trip, and, it is to be hoped, all subsequent ones, the "Swan" will come inside — the Provincial Government having ordered to be put on board at Auckland the necessary anchors &c.