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No. 34. The Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Adelaide, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Adelaide, 23rd February, 1915. Your wire of 22nd : Not yet. Approached Commonwealth without, result. Will advise you any developments.

No. 35. The Managkr in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Adelaide, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Adelaide, 25th February, 1915. London wires : "' We are consulting ('is-Indian Administrations as to their assisting by bearing fro rata proportions reduction via Eastern, and when their views available will definitely reply inquiry."

No. 36. The Managf.r in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Adelaide, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Adelaide, 12th March, I!)15. Our London office has advised me that the Cis-Indian Administrations having agreed to bear their pro rata proportion, our Board have decided reduce tariff via Eastern for through New Zealand traffic from 3s. to 2s. Bd. per word on and from Ist proximo.

No. 37. The Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Adelaide, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Adelaide, 17th March, 1915. From Ist proximo traffic, via Eastern will be reduced by 4d. ordinary and 2d. Government and deferred to Brazil, and to all places Argentine, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. Wireless offices, Peru, usual addition.

PRESS MESSAGES. No. 38. The Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company* Adelaide, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Adelaide, 22nd February, 1915. It is proposed reduce Press rate with India, Burma, Ceylon, and South Africa, company accepting lid. and Commonwealth Id. per word. This will make tariffs from New Zealand to India and Burma 9d., Ceylon Bd., Durban 7d., other places Union of South Africa 7W. Will you kindly communicate with Commonwealth about proposed transit rate Id. applying Now Zealand for this traffic ? [P. & T. 11/79.] ■

No. 39. The Assistant Secretary, General Post, Office, Wellington, to the Secretary, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne. (Telegram.) . Wellington, 24th February, 1915. Understand arrangements made reduced Press rates Australia with India, Burma, Ceylon, and South Africa. Glad if same could be conceded this Dominion, Commonwealth transit rate to be Id. per word.

No. 40. The Secretary, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne, to the Secretary, General Post, Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Melbourne, 26th February, 1915. Common we a lth transit rate Id. per word on Press messages New Zealand with Tndia, Burma, Ceylon, and South Africa agreed to. [Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension, informed 27th.]