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No. 10. The Agent-Geneeal to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaet. 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., Sic,— 3rd September, 1874. Eeferring to my letter of the 24th ultimo, on the subject of the former San Francisco Mail Service, I have now the honor to forward copies of further letters from the Colonial Office and the Secretary of the General Post Office, from which it appears that the surplus over expenses, amounting to £27, is proposed to be placed to the credit of the colony in the next postage account. I have, &c, I. E. Featheeston, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Agent-General.

Enclosure in No. 10. Mr. Malcolm to the Agent-Geotseal. Sic, — Downing Street, 29th August, 1874. With reference to your letter of the 22nd instant, and to previous correspondence respecting the sum of £27, proposed to be handed over to the Government of New Zealand on account of the San Francisco Mail Service, I am directed by the Earl of Carnarvon to transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a further letter on the subject, which has been received from the PostmasterGeneral. I have, &c, Dr. Featherston. . W. E. Malcolm. Sub-Enclosure to Enclosure in No. 10. Mr. Tillet to Mr. Heebeet. Sic,— G-eneral Post Office, London, 26th August, 1874. I am directed by the Postmaster-General to state to you, for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon, that he has received authority from the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to give up to the Government of New Zealand the surplus over expenses, amounting to £27, which accrued to this department on the correspondence conveyed in the mails between the United Kingdom and New Zealand by the route of San Francisco, from the Ist July, 1872, until the termination of the colonial mail service in 1873. Following the course which was pursued in April, 1873, when a sum of £1,534 was given up to the New Zealand Government as the surplus arising from the same service from March, 1870, to June, 1872, the Postmaster-General proposes to place the sum of £27 to the credit of New Zealand in the next postage account forwarded to that colony. I have, &c, E. G. W. Herbert, Esq., Colonial Office. John Tillet.

No. 11. The Colonial Seceetaet, New South "Wales, to the Colonial Seceetaet, New Zealand. Sic, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 11th December, 1873. I have the honor to forward herewith, for the information of the Q-overnment of New Zealand, copies of the interim time-table in connection with the mail service between Sydney and San Francisco ; and to state that, in transmitting copies to the Governments of the Australian Colonies, I have intimated that the table has been approved, subject to modification, if found necessary, after your Government shall have been consulted. I have accordingly the honor to request the favour of an early expression of your views in regard to this time-table. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, Henet Paeees. Wellington.

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No. 12. The Hon. W. H. Eetnolds to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetabt, New South "Wales. Sib, — Colonial Secretary's Office, "Wellington, 21st January, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, of the 11th December ultimo, forwarding, with remarks, copies of the interim time-table in connection with the mail service between Sydney and San Francisco ; and, in reply, to transmit to you copy of a memorandum by the Postmaster-General thereon. I have, &c, "William H. Eetnolds, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, (in the absence of the Colonial Secretary). Sydney, New South Wales.