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No. 10. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay. Sir,— General Post Office, Wellington, 27th November, 1906. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth ultimo, notifying that pillars bearing inscriptions relating to the trans-Pacific latitudes and longitudes had been erected at Southport, Norfolk Island, Suva, and Fanning Island. I have, &c, W. Gray, Secretary. The Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay, Auckland. [P.C. Stns. 06/43.]

No. 11. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay. Sir,— General Post Office, Wellington, 7th June, 1907. I have the honour to forward herewith an account [not printed] for £98 ss. 3d., being (he amount expended by this Department on behalf of your Board during the year ended the 31st March, 1907. I have, &c, D. Robertson, Secretary The Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay, Auckland. [P.C. Fin. 07/18.]

FREE PRESS TELEGRAMS.

No. 12. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Acting-Secretary, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne. Slßj _ General Post Office, Wellington, 11th August, 1906. 1 have the honour to request that, you will be so good as to forward me four copies of Hansard No. 12 of the 21st ultimo, reporting the Senate debate on the question of free Press telegrams over the Pacific cable. I should also like to have the same number of copies of the debates on the Cable question, and on the differences with the Eastern Company. The cost will be remitted on your informing me of the amount. ... ! naye > &<=■> W. Gray, Secretary. The Acting-Secretary, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne. LP.O. Press 06/7.1

No. 13. The Acting-Secretary, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Commonwealth of Australia, Postmaster-General's Department, g lli) __ Melbourne, 28th August, 1906. With reference to your communication of the 11th instant, I have the honour to forward herewith four copies of Hansard No. 22, 24, and 25 of 1905, and No. 12 of 1906 [not printed], which contain the debates on the question of free Press telegrams over the Pacific cable, the cabie question, and the difference with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company. . . . I have, &c, J. Oxenham, Acting-Secretary. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. [P.C. PTOS9 06/B.]