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It is not precisely understood what information is intended to be conveyed in your communication. Apparently, however, the table furnished represents the correct distribution of the amount available on cable traffic deviated at Norfolk Island to the Commonwealth, via New Zealand. The amount available, however, for distribution on traffic /or New Zealand deviated at Norfolk Island via the Commonwealth is 3d. per word, and the proportions are : — Normal. Pro ruin. d. d. Norfolk Island - Southport .. .. .. .. .. 2 0-55 Commonwealth transit .. .. .. .. ..5 1-36 Eastern Extension .. .. .. .. .. ..3 o'B2 New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. ..1 <>'27 lid. 3d. I shall be glad to receive confirmation of this. I have, &c, D. Robertson, Secretary. The Manager in Australasia. Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company (Limited), Melbourne. [P.C. Interr. 08/46.] _^__»_^^^____^_ No." 14. The Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Melbourne, to the Secretary, 'General Post Office, Wellington. Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company (Limited), Sir,— Melbourne, 15th October, 1908. 1 have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 2nd instant, and to confirm the pro rata rates given therein as agreed to by my company and the Pacific Cable Board in London. I have, &c, W. Warren, The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Manager in Australasia. [P.C. Interr. 08/51. | LISBON INTFRNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE. No. 15. The DIBXCTOB, International Bureau of Telegraph Administrations, Berne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. International Bureau of Telegraph Administrations, Sir,— Berne, Ist June, 1908. ****** International Telegraph Conference. Tlir International Telegraph Conference called by the Portuguese Government, in terms of Article 15 of the St. Petersburg Convention, was opened at Lisbon on the 4th May last. ****** I have, &c, The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellingon. L. Patocchi, for Director. I I -l. 08, 390(6).] ___^ No. 16. The Superintendent, Pacific Cable Station, Doubtless Bay, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Doubtless Bay, 28th July, 1908. The Lisbon Conference was formally concluded on June 11th. [I'd. 08/822.]. ___^_________ No. 17. The Right Hon. the Secretary ok State eor the Colonies to His Excellency the Governor. My Lord, — Downing Street, 30th December, 1908. I have the honour to request that you will inform your Ministers that the Postmaster-General has received an intimation from the Portuguese Telegraph Administration that copies of the regulations and tariffs as revised at the recent. International Telegraph Conference at Lisbon, certified to be in accordance with the copy signed by the delegates, and deposited in the archives of the Portuguese Government, are being forwarded direct to the telegraph administrations of the several British Possessions which adhered to the International Telegraph Union.