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In conjunction with our advertising, we shall be very pleased to provide our periodical, communi-cation-charts to each of your head post-offices, if you will be good enough to arrange for a list to bo published at every telegraph-office in New Zealand informing the public what ships are in communication with, and may be expected to communicate with, New Zealand coast stations. A similar arrangement to this has been made with the Postmaster-General's Department in Melbourne. We are providing copies of each communication-chart to the Deputy Postmasters-General in every State, and they will cause to be exhibited in the public office a list of all ships expected to be in Australian coast stations ; at the same time they will telegraph the information to every sub-telegraph-office, where similar lists will be posted. These lists are to be exhibited in conjunction with an attractive circular which the Department is now getting out. We shall be pleased to co-operate with your Department in. all efforts to increase the amount of radio-telegraph traffic. I have, &c, E. T. Fisk, The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Technical Manager.

No. 106. The Secretary, Union Steam Ship Company, Dunedin, to the SECRETARY, General Post Office, Wellington. Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (Limited), Sir,--- Dunedin, ,13th October, 1913. Referring to your letter of the, Kith September, regarding a proposed reduction in charges for the transmission of ordinary radio-telegrams, we are just in receipt of the following cable from the Amalgamated Wireless Company in Sydney : " New Zealand Government propose reduction of coast and shore rate, by half. We agreeable and will accept. Do you concur ? Reply." In view of the expression of opinion in your letter of the 16th September we have not cabled acquiescing, and I shall be glad if you will be good enough to wire us on receipt if there is any objection, so far as your Department is concerned, to our expressing our being agreeable, to adopt the proposed arrangement. 1 have, &c, The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. C. Hughes, Secretary.

No. 107. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the, Secretary, Union Steam Ship Company, Dunedin. (Telegram.) Wellington, 20th October, 1913. Your letter 13th instant, wireless charges : Formally agree to proposed reduction of coast and shore rate by half. [[Acknowledged 20th October, 1913.]

•-* . No. 108. The Assistant Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Technical Manager, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Limited, Sydney. Sir, — General Post Office, Wellington, 4th. November, 1913. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th ultimo, announcing that the proposals of this Department for a reduction by one-half of the radio-telegraph, rates on board ships operated by your company trading exclusively between Australia and Now Zealand and between ports on the coast of New Zealand have been approved of by your Board. This Department is gratified that its proposals have been adopted, and will be pleased to aid in advertising the service. The introduction of tho reduced rates at the beginning of next year will be satisfactory to this Department. I have, &c, F. V. Waters, Assistant Secretary. The Technical Manager, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Limited, Culwulla Chambers, Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

No. 109. The Technical Manager, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Limited, Sydney, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Limited, Culwulla Chambers, Sir, — Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 14th November, 1913. I am in receipt of your favour of the 4th instant, in which you were good enough to mention that your Department would be pleased to aid in advertising the radio-telegraph service under the, reduced rates which are to come into force on the Ist January next.