SCHEDULE TO SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE PAPERS- continued.

No. Date. Writer and Subject. 'ago. 39 May 20,1872 ... The Agent-General to the Hon. W. Gisborne. Enclosing correspondence relating to taking soundings between Australia and New Zealand, and New Zealand and Honolulu; as well as to the granting of a subsidy by the Imperial Government to the San Francisco service The Hon. J. G. Francis to the Hon. W. Gisborne. Victorian Government will not recommend the ratification of the joint contract The Agent-General to the Hon. W. Gisborne. Enclosing copy of a letter from H. C. E. Childers, Esq., M.P., and himself, to the Secretary of State, on the subject of the joint contract, for which they ask an Imperial contribution of £20,000 per annum Enclosure referred to in No. 41 The Hon. Jno. A. J. Cresswell to the Hon. 0. G. Duffy and the Hon. J. Vogel. Beferring to the joint contract The Agent-General to the Hon. W. Gisborne. Forwarding copies of letters addressed to the Principal Secretary of State, re cable soundingB, and survey of mail route between New Zealand and Honolulu June29,1872 ... 44 40 45 41 June26,1872 ... 42 43 June 25,1872... June 19,1872... 45 45 4G 1-t May 9, 1872... 47