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Days. Hours. London to Adelaide .. .. . • • • • • • 2 *j J6 Adelaide to Melbourne by train .. .. .. • • • • • • J? Melbourne to Bluff by 20-knot steamer, 1,200 miles .. .. ..2 12 31 21 It by 25-knot steamer, deduct 12 hours, making time .. .. .. 31 9 London to Wellington. Days. Hours. London to Adelaide .. .. .. • ■ • ■ • • 2 j* Largs Bay to Wellington by 20-knot steamer, 1,820 miles .. .. .. 3 19 32 11 If by 25-knot steamer, deduct 18 hours, making time .. .. 31 17 Days. Hours. London to Adelaide .. .. .. • • • • • • .. 28 Adelaide to Melbourne by train .. .. '.• • • ■ • • • ° l ' Melbourne to Wellington by 20-knot steamer, 1,479 miles .. .. .. 3 32 11 If by 25-knot steamer, deduct 15 hours, making time .. .. .. 31 20 Days. Hours. London to Adelaide .. .. • • • • • • • • .. 28 Adelaide to Sydney by train Sydney to Wellington by 20-knot steamer, 1,200 miles .. .. .. 2 12 32 20 If by 25-knot steamer, deduct 12 hours, making time .. .. ..32 8 [Sue* Conn. 08/18B.] _^__^________^___

No. 75. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Secretary, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne. (Telegram.) Wellington, 11th June, 1908. What is average number hours for transport inward English mail from Adelaide to Sydney ? [Sue/. Conn. 08/19.] ____________^__

No. 76. The Secretary, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Melbourne, 13th June, 1908. Your wire eleventh : Taking time departure from Adelaide to hour arrival General Post Office, Sydney, of last three P. and 0. and Orient steamers as basis, average is, for P. and 0. steamers, 37 hours 35 minutes, and for Orient steamers. 42 hours 38 minutes. Difference in time is due to two mails ex P. and 0. steamers being conveyed from Melbourne to Sydney and one from Adelaide to Sydney by special train. Of three mails ex Orient steamers, only one was conveyed by special trainnamely, from Adelaide to Melbourne. [Sec/. Conn. 08/208.] ________^^_-_

No. 77. The Deputy Postmaster-General, Sydney, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington (Telegram.) Sydney, 24th June, 1908. " Maheno " arrived 8.30 yesterday. Mails despatched Melbourne special train arriving in time connect ordinary Adelaide. [Sue/, ('mm. 08/23A.] __^__^^_^__^^_^

No. 78. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Secretary, Postmaster-General's Depart ment, Melbourne. (Telegram.) ' Wellington, Bth July, 1908. At what hour on Wednesdays does British mail via Orient reach Melbourne ? At what hour approxi mately does New Zealand steamer leave ? [Suez Conn. 08/36.]