Correspondence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 107, 17 March 1864, Page 4

Correspondence.

- ' ■ .■-..-.- ,;.;.■„.-. luams l„-ni- iiii|,:,rli„liv alo ! -,!: ..■;,,,-..•: -;.,,u.,„. i: nm>t !„• i,ii,t.-rsi,„i,l il„u wa-.la ».,i i :.:. ..:,;.■. ~„,-,,,-.-.' ua;l, .-.a. i'x|,iv>.,l-,l tliiTciii. ; '!'.. ii,.- i-h'tio-r of the Ni-:w Zi:\i.isi, lliu.-.m.i,. Pa;. it.-,-, iu-rol.-.-rvcl thai >-v.-i'.-. I . .I';!,.- ,-..rr-s- ---! ;, •■■!. e.t . .nth.- n„bb-j,„m,als,,f;h;-cily have lately ! ,--ii.p!aii,--d .•!' .1. !av in ihe transmission of letter.-, and :•:;>■■:■' 10-m i!,- ■• lnm:.*' I bee. P. inform y.,u that ; lie- c\istin-a■ i-.uli-a.-ts t-r mail s, r\ i n this line provide lor iii-ir e..i,v-v,-uii-.; oniv belw.-en Am-k'land and lli-ury. It-vond Dniry th- 'service is perlbnncl ; entir.-iy uu.hi- t!i- control ,1' tin- military authorities, j and ,-.-'.abiisii-.i i'ur the conveyance of tii.-ir c'.rn-s----po-.ah.r:-, . am! any ot'i.-r letters or paper., arc earned bv Pan, onlv as a matter of eoiuiisv. 'So soon as t!ie country beyond' Drury becomes s-iih d, a p.-sta; -ei-vic; uudcrth.-manam-m'ent ..I'lhia d. navtm-nt will be oricaui/ed : but ill the uieantiine aaviir. eiuariii, s in tli- s.-rvic- bevnuil Drurv are ,-,,: id lie i-mt.o; mthc J'ost ( Hli.-e a'uthoriti.-s. ' .1 i] ,'■ e, .VC, (.. ill I'.TT Ml.'l.TT. S-, i-t;,rv. .'■.,.•..'.;:.,•,,!, March' \-'-, i.'-UI. To lie- Ikhloi- ni the Ni-:w Zi:.u..imi llki:ai.i>. In m: S:,;. - Your favourable reccj.ti.in and endor-m.-n: of lh- la.as contained in uiv feriner letter, relativ- P, ,|,»!;s ;,nd .sit.s for thai, pnrp-5,., induces m- p, a-d; v.,11 to e-ive ].übbcitv to th- followille; Sl|^. -.-'.ions on a subject of deep interest to us all. ' It it is admitted that Commercial Hay is the Lest site lor a thick, would il not. he a step' in ill- riiilit direction on the part of the Commissioners whom his 1--.X-.-i'.-m-y has appointed to .-any out the public biuidiucs,' to i-.iiaiii J'l-oni lillin- it uj, bv buiidini;tliel'itslnm House and Post ( Uliee th-reon Y The wide bay will be reipiired for docks to moth,' in, i,-;rii;e siiippiiu;' trade, and to takeaway any part oi it, -,vi!l he a .-!, oil-sighted policy, ami cause tiie doubl--5:..-n.s-of, huiMinu and pullin:.' them down, to ieco\,-r'tiie she'-t of water we arc about to spoil. '!',,!-, th ev.nnpb. ~;' the old country- ■ th-v avail th,,, ; ., p..- ~t inlets for ,locks, ke.-piuLf tli-ir ri\ ers , !,■:.,• be- in-..-r- ~s and i-..-iv-ss of ships ; Mich is the case •■•j th- I'vne. a -pb loiiil river, and can number at the no -ant time iin- doek.s, and it is in contemplation to ,-,.-. ma n,e another ~f far irr.-.-il, r inaL'iiitudc lh-in miv !i:lh-il.,i-..n,1iu.-teil. Vl-itl, Ml. I, fact, placed, bof,,;-,- „s if is .sulviy for tile iut-r.-I ~fih,-,-,,!.,ny to pas attention to what our fn". .ii'.- r- .|!Ui-!i,--nts will I.e. A- i! r.-eards a .-ite for a CipPmi I louse, it is 1m|....>i1,;-;., ..hiaiu a b.-11-r on- than where it is at '.:■-•:,:. be! v.-.- must ,:;-,■! a buildin-," suitable to the re.iuirem, -,:: -. , -!' that, depart,,, -nt, such a lmildiu- as I :,„ ~,,.- i.-i- ih- I'mm, Hank : th-n we miidit eonibine I t'lipon: ilou— -~„! I',.s| I lliiee in on,- of the best siiuI ~p.,l pt...... ■ p.r ,;,,. m-rchanls. mid if is the .-.lo.eui, a-.- oj til.,--mci jhal sv-oiil'lil p. cnsnlt. : :,. u -.-.!,.. -~. boh--- th, Lnr.-i am-amt of busin-ss of i h ~.,- lii-i'i tic... in auth.aiis- will u-ivo their serious eoi'iMd.-mtion P. tie- importance of the subject. and !-il.--:i,- .pinion ~f ~.,;,.- of our old colonists, I m.anv >.f whom liave coiisulerabla experience in thu iiiii.r.e.-emt ids,,!'our uioileni sea ports. i: i,a mailer of r-,u'n-t the commission is not mixed P. ;, -leater . vl,-nt with our marine ,-lem-nl. for if is an .-iabh-h-,1 ia.l that our supremacy, and hence our p.-o-p-iif.. will be in our sbippinir trade ; such bein-j; 1i,.-,.,,,-, 1. : a; do ail wa-can th facilitate the dispatch of b,ohle>s au,l preieC! Olll' Mli] .pilll.'. \.!,,ie upon h;,,-!,o„r works, allow me (.. say ili.-il. il • is ;,;,;■-.- 1,,,, .-,-:, live upon us p, rim mil a wharf from j Ihitoii,'-. rl Point, eonii'-etim,'il with Fort-street, this -.hoid-i P.- ma-:.- a sub-ianiial ,piav. with a view of I 1..;-,,;;:,,-;, dock-oead iron, it: lh- a.lv:u,!;m-s from I ti,!-. v...aid b. man;. .il wo,,id .ibid- tile t l.lllie. also i p,-..\.- a sc-urils .-mil si-.elp-r P, tie- siii),].in-- of small I ;-!a s. i; w-iiid L,i-. ,s an impetus lo tic- owners of land j m 1'.,.-to-.u lion-., and i-'oit--;r,.!-to buiid upon their j .dlotm. at.-, ami enijr-!y >'... away witli thai intolerable i ma-am-,-, ;;.. ii,{.-.!;.-. and in i!- i.lace we would have n j immh--ci' -pi.-udid si,,res, which wonl.l be mor-ill J i-:- , pin,.- v. ili; In, capiba! of tin-col. my, .-.•nd et.ntlue- lo ! lb- !:• .dtii of lii- iu'iiabitauts of Ihi-i lloiirishine; city. I ..If.-i- a premium for ''~- 1.-.-t plan lo r-nd-r I'omna-r-