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FURTHER PAPERS RELATIVE TO

Enclosure 3 in No. 9. STAEMENT of AMOUNT DUE by the GENERAL POST OFFICE, ADELAIDE, on Account of Correspondence conveyed via Panama and Wellington, New Zealand.

* Panama portion only, London mail, having passed through Sydney. t London portion only, Panama mail, having passed through Sydney. General Post Office, Sydney, 30th August, 1869.

No. 10. Mr. G. Eliott Eliott to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, Sydney. Sir, — General Post Office, Wellington, 20th December, 1869. I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 16th ultimo, forwarding copy of a letter from the Secretary of the General Post Office, Hobart Town, together with a statement of account due by Hobart Town on account of correspondence via Panama and Wellington, New Zealand, from which a deduction of £16 15s. appears to have been made by the Hobart Town office, for reasons explained on the face of the statement. You state that this account, prepared by the Sydney office, was based on data received from this office, and request to be furnished with remarks thereon. In reply, I would observe that as the Tasmanian office has facilities for checking the account which, this office is not in possession of, it is presumed that the statement as amended is correct, and I would therefore recommend that it be accepted. In reply to the last paragraph of the communication from the Secretary of the General Post Office. Hobart Town, I beg to observe that no outward mails from Tasmania were sent through New Zealand after the date of the account, and the inward mails were sent to Sydney, where they no doubt would have been brought to charge against Tasmania. I have, &c, G. Eliott Eliott The Hon. the Postmaster-General, Sydney. (for the Postmaster-General).

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No. 11. Mr. Lambton to the Hon. the Postmaster-General. Sir, — General Post Office, Sydney, 21st January, 1870. In reply to your letter dated the 13th ultimo, I have the honor to inform you that from inquiries made at the Union Bank, the moiety (£1,312 10s.) retained by this Government for penalties for the non-despatch of steamers to Panama in the months of January and February last (which sum was paid into that Bank on the 12th October, 1869), and the sum of £3,270 16s. Bd. referred to in my letter of the 9th July last, have been handed over to the official liquidator of the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Eoyal Mail Company. I have, &c., S. H. Lambton The Hon. the Postmaster-General, New Zealand. (for the Postmaster-General.)

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No. 12. Mr. G. Eliott Eliott to Mr. H. Lawson. Sir, — General Post Office, Wellington, 10th February, 1870. I am directed to inform you that the penalties remitted to the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Eoyal Mail Company by the New Zealand Government, amounting to £2,625, will be paid

Date in Wellington. Mails. Inward. Total. 1866 !uly24 ... 1867 r une 25 ... "uly25 ... November 22 December 26 1868 .larch 26 Lpril21 ... "une23 ... uly22 ... £ s. 0 1 d. 7 £ s. d. Weight of Mail, 1ft. 12oz. at lid. per ft. ... * Ditto. 12fts. at 20s. per ft. t Ditto. 53fts. Ditto. 37fts. 8oz. at 20s. per ft. Ditto. 26fts. 12oz. 12 0 53 0 37 10 26 15 0 0 0 0 Ditto. 38fts. Ditto. 20fts. 14oz. Ditto. 50fts. 2oz. Ditto. 58fts. „ 38 0 20 17 50 2 58 0 0 6 6 0 296 6 7 296 6 7