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No. 2. Mr. Russell to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaey, Wellington. Sib, — London, 21st August, 1875. I have the honor to enclose copy of bond, dated 23rd July, 1875, entered into with the Government of New Zealand by the Pacific Mail Company, the several partners of Messrs. John Elder and Co., and Mr. D. R. Macgregor, of Leith, for the due performance of contract made by the Pacific Mail Company for the San Francisco Mail Service. Previous correspondence will have fully informed you of the reasons for omitting the names of Messrs. John Elder and Co. and of Mr. D. R. Macgregor from the contract of the 23rd July; and further, that it was agreed, on signing the bond, that it should be cancelled and given up to those gentlemen if they failed in making arrangements with the Pacific Mail Company for the use of their two new ships now being finished at Glasgow. Immediately after this agreement, Mr. Ure, the managing partner of Messrs. John Elder and Co., proceeded to New York, and since his arrival there has made arrangements with the Company for the use of his vessels, and therefore the bond remains as a security to your Government. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Thomas Russell.

Enclosure in jVo. 2. Know all mek bt tiiese peesents, that we, The Pacific Mail Steamship Company, of New York, in the United States of America; John Peancis Use, John Lennox Kincaid Jamieson, and William Peabce, of Glasgow, in Scotland, engineers and shipbuilders, trading under the style or firm of John Eldee and Co. ; and Donald Robeet Macoeegoe, of Leith, in Scotland, shipowner and member of Parliament, are jointly and severally held and firmly bound to the Honorable John PiTZOKUAreD Buens, the Postmaster-Generiil of the Colony of New South Wales as such PostmasterGener.al, and acting for and on behalf of the Government of such colony, and to the Honorable Sic Julius Vooel, a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, the Postmaster-General of the Colony of New Zealand, as such Postmaster-Generai, and acting for and on behalf of the Government of such colony, in the sum of twenty-five thousand pounds of lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to be paid to the said John Pitzgerald Burns and Sir Julius Vogel and their successors in their respective offices of Postmaster-General of the said Colony of New South Wales, and Postmaster-General of the said colony of New Zealand, for' which payment, to be well and truly made, we .and each of us bind ourselves and himself, our and his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and every of them, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our sefils. Dated this twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

Leave Arrive at Sydney, Friday. Port Chalmers, Wednesday. Auckland, Monday. San Francisco, Thursday. London, Thursday. 1875. 6 P.M. Nov. 19 Dec. 17 6 A.M. Nov. 17 Dec. 15 5 P.M. Nov. 22 Dec. 20 Dec. 16 Jan. 13 Jan. 6 Feb. 3 1876. Jan. 12 Feb. 9 March 8 April 5 May 3 May 31 June 28 July 26 August 23 Sept. 20 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 13 Jan. 17 Feb. 14 March 13 April 10 May 8 June 5 July 3 July 31 Aug. 28 Sept. 25 Oct. 23 Nov. 20 Dec. 18 Feb. 10 March 9 April 6 May 4 June 1 June 29 July 27 August 24 Sept. 21 Oct. 19 Nov. 16 Dec. 14 Jan. 11 March 2 March 30 April 27 May 25 June 22 July 20 August 17 Sept. 14 Oct. 12 Nov. 9 Dec. 7 Jan. 4 Feb. 1 Jan. 14 Feb. 11 March 10 April 7 May 5 June 2 June 30 July 28 August 25 Sept. 22 Oct. 20 Nov. 17 Dec. 15 This is the pri .ugust, 1875. inted time table n iferred to in the innexed notice, dati ed the 17th day of Jons JlTLI FlTZGEEALD BuBSS by Daniel Cooper, s Vogel, by Thomas Bussell his Attorney. I, his Attorney.