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Enclosure 2 in No. 2. Mr Lambton to Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., Sydney. General Post Office, Sydney, 17th July, 1883. Gentlemen - mh ing portion f the P i dent 8 let tei -re any suggestions you may feel inclined to offer. 1 sH. Lambton, Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., Sydney. Secretary.

No. 3. Mr Lambton to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. General Post Office, Sydney, 20th August 1883. With reference to my letter to you of the 17th ultimo and_ to yours to me of the 16th idem I am directed to enclose copies of correspondence that has since taken place between this _«___ffli__?__r_feß__^ffiirt;Watt > and Co., the agents for the Pacific Mail Steamship CoCn? on "he subject of the preparation of the time-table for the regulation of the new service, t0 approval a time-table that has been preparedl by this department, which Tt is thought will meet the interests of the contractors (Messrs Gilchrist, Watt, and Co havhi coiLurred therein), as well as meet the public convenience both of this colony and New Zealand It will be seen that the day of the departure of the mat from London is not changed and that the departure from Sydney is made a week later than would have been the case were the needful in order to give the contractors the intervals they "T& a !SSK_S fnserSd d in y the time-table have been suggested by Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, alld I°am to add that, if the time-table meets with the approval of your department, Mr. Trickett will be glad if you will communicate the same by cablegram. I have, &0g Lame _ 0N) The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Secretary.

Enclosure 1 in No. 3. Messrs Gilchrist, Watt, and Co. to the Secretary, General Post Office, Sydney. _ ' Sydney, 18th July, 1883. We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 17th instant, re new time-table, and note that the Postmaster-General will confer with the Postmaster-General, New bom you that they are to be prepared here, we will cable to New York for exact dates of arrival and departure there of the fast steamers across the Atlantic, to meet which the time-table will require to be adjusted. We have, &c, The Secretary, General Post Office, Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co.

Enclosure 2 in No. 3. Mr. Lambton to Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., Sydney. Cfntlemen — General Post Office, Sydney, 24th July 1883. I aim directed to inform you that a communication has this day been received from the postal authorities of New Zealand, concurring in the arrangement for this department to undertake the framing of a time-table under the renewed contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and to request that you will be good enough, in terms of your letter of the 18th instant, to cable to New York for exact dates of arrival at, and departure from, that place of the fast steamers across the Atlantic, and inform me of the result at your earliest possible convenience. I have, &c, S. H. Lambton, Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co., Sydney. Secretary.

Enclosure 3 in No. 3. Messrs Gilchrist, Watt, and Co. to the Secretary, General Post Office, Sydney. g __ Sydney, 27th July, 1883. We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, and in accordance with which we have cabled, and now await reply. We have, &c, The Secretary, General Post Office, Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt, and Co,