NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 162, 10 May 1859, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

We reprint from th« Gazette of April 15, the foilowiiu; correspondence betwisn the Post-maafer-Genera! of New Zealand and the Manager »f the Steam Packet. Company, on tho subject of our.Steam Postal Service. The additional increase of subsidy (£6000) is payable only in the event of the substitution of a Melbourne for a Sydney line. Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Steam . . Packet Company (Limited), Auckland, April 2nd, 1859. Sir,—ln accordance with the desire expressed by yourself and the. other members of the Colonial Government, with whom I had the honor ot an interview yesterday, 1 beg leave most respectfully to reduce to writing the plan agreed upon for reconstituting the route, and extending the services to be hereafter performed by this company's steam-vessels—subject to confirmation by the Board of Directors, London, on behalf of the company whom I have the honor to represent. 1. The route prescribed in the contract, and the time tables thereunto annexed, to be considered as anniiled during the term of this agreement, and that instead thereof the company's steam-vessels do perform the service hereinafter mentioned. 2. One steamship to run between Sydney and Auckland direct, and vice versa, monthly. 3. One steamship to run between Sydney and the ports of Nelson, Wellington, Port Lytteltori, and Port Chalmers, and vice versa, monthly. 4. One steamship to run between the Manukau and Taranaki, Nelson, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago, and vice versa, monthly. 5. That no other steam-vessels but those of the company be employed or subsidised by the General Government during the term of this agreement. G. That, either party be allowed to return to ! the Hiatus quo ante on giving to the other four ; calendar months' notice of their intention so to do ; and at the termination of such notice, the original contract to resume its full force and virtue, with the proviso that the company's steamers shall complete the inter-provincial link in such manner as to afford a direct monthly postal communication between all the said ports of New Zealand, subject to the stipulation that the Colonial Government do not subsidise any other steam-vessels but those of the company. 7. Time tables, shewing the probable arrival and departure of the company's steamers at and from all the said ports, to be forthwith prepared by the company and approved by the Government. 8. That in consideration of the extended services hereinbefore mentioned, the Colonial Government shall pay to the company an additional subsidy of £6YM per annum, in monthly instalments, over and above the subsidy payable under the present contract. 9. The company undertake to commence the amended and extended services as early as practicable, and the same to be considered as '',oinmencing on the day upon which the second intercolonial steamer to be provided by the company shall sail from Sydney for Auckland, or vice versa. 10. That the original contract shall remain in full force and virtue, save and except so far as the service may be altered, affected, or amended by this agreement. In assenting, on behalf of the company, to the foregoing terms for the settlement of the long pending question of the steam route, I trust I ma}' be pardoned for expressing the hope that the Government will readily acknowledge that the company has evinced an earnest desire to meet, in a liberal spirit, the views and wishes of the Government, and the increasing requirements of these important colonies. I have, &c, (Signed) Ewward Coj/eman, Manager for the colonies. To the. Honorable the Postmaster-General of New Zealand. General Post Office, Auckland, 7th April, T859. Sir,—l have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd instant, transmitting a proposal for altering the route at present laid down for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steamers by the contract now in force. In reply I have to state that the Government are willing to accept the proposals therein made, subject to the following conditions :— 1. That the Auckland and Sydney boat shall, if practicable, without requiring the employment of another boat, extend its voyage to Napier and back, the Government guaranteeing a sum sufficient to cover the extra cost for coals and for reasonable wear and tear incurred by this addition, and undertaking, in case of the traffic on this part of the line not paying, to reimburse the company the deficiency. 2. The service to commence in Sydney on the Bth July next, in order to afford time for all four of the boats to be on the line, as well as for the necessary alterations to be made in the cabin accommodation of the Lord Ashley and Lord Worsley. 3. The Government to be at liberty to substitute Melbourne for Sydney as the port of arrival and departure for one of the intercolonial boats, the Government increasing the subsidy payable to the company by six thousand pounds (£6)00.) I have, &c, (Signed) Henry John Tancred. Edward Coleman, Esq., Intercolonial R.M.b.S. Company, (iueen-street. Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (Limited). Auckland, April 9th, 1859. gi Vi —X have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication dated 7th instant, stating in "reply to the proposal made on behalf of this company in my letter dated 2nd instant, addressed to yourself, " that the Government are^ willing to accept the proposals therein made, subject to the following conditions :— " !.—That the Auckland and Sydney boat shall, if practicable, without-requiring the employment of another boat, extend its voyage to Napier and back, the Government guaranteeing a sum sufficient to cover the extra cost for coals and for reasonable wear and tear incurred by this addition, and undertaking in case of the traffic on this part of the line not paying, to reimburse the company the deficiency. "*2. The service to commence in Sydney on the Bth July next. "3. The Government to be at liberty to substitute Melbourne for Sydney as the port of arrival and departure for one of the Inter-Colonial boats; the Government increasing the subsidy payable to the company by £6000 per annum." On behalf of the company, I beg to state their willingness to accept the foregoing conditions. I have, <fee, (Signed) Edward Coleman, Manager for the Colonies. The Honorable Henry John Tancred, Postmaster-General of New Zealand, &c., &c., &c. TIME TABLES For the following different services are further published: — Inter-Colonial Monthly Mail Service between Sydney, Auckland, and Napier. A vessel to leave Sydney on the 10th of every month, arriving at Auckland on the 17th ; leaving on the 20th, arriving at Napier on the 22nd; leaving on the 23rd, arriving at Auckland on the 25th; leaving on the 28th, and arriving at Sydney on the sth of the following month. Intet-Colonial Monthly Mail Service between Sydney, Nelson, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago. A vessel to leave Sydney on the Bth of every month, Nelson on the 17th, Wellington the 20th, Canterbury the 23rd, Otago the 2/th, Canterbury the 29th, Wellington the Ist, Nelson the sth, and to ai-rive in Sydney on the 12th. Inter-Provincial Mail Service between Manukau. New Plymouth, Nelson, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago. A vessel to leave Nelson on the 20th of every month, arrive the following day (weather permit-

ting) at New Plymouth; leave on the 22nd; arrive in the Manukau on tho. 23rd; leave again on the 26fh; arrive at and leave (weather permitting) New Plymouth, on the following day; leave Nelson on the 29th, Wellington the 2nd, Canterbury the 4th, Otago the Bfch, Canterbury the 10th, 'Wellington the 18th, and be back in Nelson on the 14th. Note.—Each boat to leave Sydney on the day appointed, unless it shall have been ascertained before that time by telegraph that the English mail steamer has arrived at Kangaroo Island. In such case, the company's boats to be detained for the mail; and, for tbat trip, to be allowed the same number of extra days such detention shall have lasted. Outward Route between Southampton, Melbourne, and Sydney. A vessel to leave Southampton the 12th of every month, and to reach Alexandria on the 2sth or 26th. Mails via Marseilles to leave London on the 18th, and reach Alexandria on the 26th or 27th. Passengers and mails to arrive in Melbourne on the sth of the second calendar month succeeding, with the exception of those leaving in July, September, and December, to arrive respectively on the 4th September, the 6th November, and 3rd February. Steamer to leave Melbourne same day, and arrive in Sydney on the third following. Time, via Southampton, 57 days; via Marseilles, 51. Homeward Route between Sydney, Melbourne, AND SOUTHABIPTON. A vessel to leave Sydney on the 14th,. and Melbourne on the 17th, of every month. Mails via Marseilles, to arrive in London on the 4th, and mails and passengers via Gibraltar to arrive in Southampton on the 10th of the second calendar month succeeding. Time as in outward route.