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Sub-clause thirteen (13). One-quarter (!) per cent, more favourable to the Government than rates to the public. Sub-clause fourteen (14). Fifteen (15) days' drafts par. Demand drafts half (-J) current rates. Sub-clause fifteen (15). Similar rates to No. 14. Sub-clause sixteen (16). One (1) per cent. Sub-clauses seventeen (17) and eighteen (18) : — From London—Remittance by telegraph at three (3) days, one (1) per cent., and at fourteen (14) days, three-quarters (|-) per cent. From the Colony —Remittance by telegraph at three (3) days, two and a half (2|) per cent., and at fourteen (14) days two and a quarter (2J) per cent. The Bank, however, would stipulate that no remittance by telegraph of more than ten thousand pounds (£10,000) is to be made in any one month, except with its consent. Sub-clause nineteen (10). At three-eighths (-f) per cent, better to the Government than rates current to the public. Sub-clause twenty (20). Two hundred thousand pounds (£200,000) per month. Sub-clause twenty-one (21). One quarter (i) per cent. Sub-clause twenty-two (22). One-eighth (|) per cent. Sub-clause twenty-three (23). One-quarter (i) per cent. Sub-clause twenty-four (24). One-quarter per cent. I have, &c,, D. L. Murdoch, Inspector.

List op Branches and Agencies op the Bank op New Zealand. Province of Auckland: Marton. Arrowtown. Auckland. Masterton. Balclutha. Alexandra. Upper Hutt. Clinton. Cambridge. Wanganui. Cromwell. Coromandel. "Wellington. Dunedin. G-isborne. Kaitangata. G-rahamstown. Province of Canterbury: Invercargill. Hamilton. Akaroa. Lawrence. Ngaruawahia. Ashburton. Mataura. Opotiki. Christchurch. Mosgiel. Eussell. Kaiapoi. ■ Naseby. Tauranga. Lyttelton. North Dunedin. Oxford. Oamaru. Province of Tarauaki: Eangiora. Outram. Carlyle. Southbridge. Palmerston. New Plymouth. Temuka. Queenstown. Timaru. Riverton. Province of Marlborough: Waimate. Roxburgh. Blenheim. Tapanui. Picton. County of "Westland: Waikouaiti. Greenstone. Waitahuna. Province of Nelson : Greymouth. Wyndham. Charleston. Hokitika. Tokomairiro. Lyell. Ross. Nelson. Stafford. New South Wales: Reefton. Sydney. Westport. Province of Hawke's Bay i Napier. Victoria: Province of Wellington; Waipawa. Melbourne. Carterton. Wairoa. Featherston. London: Foxton. Province of Otago : 50, Old Broad Street. Greytown. Alexandra.

No. 10. The Inspector, Bank of New Zealand, to the Hon. the Colonial Teeasubee. Sic,— Bank of New Zealand, Wellington 19th April, 1876. Referring to my tender for the banking business of the Government, and adverting to subclause sixteen of clause twenty-five, relating to remittances within the colony by telegraph, I have the