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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

TELEGRAPH CABLES (FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO.) [In continuation of Paper F.-8, presented on the 5th September, 1901.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

INDEX. New Zealand-Sydney Cables.— p age Dates of Laying Cables. Eastern Extension Company proposing to issue Special Form for Use of Public 1 Pacific Cable.— Construction. Buildings. Customs Duties and Marine Dues. Finance. Imperial Act. Maintenance. Management. San Francisco - Honolulu - Fanning Island Route. Staff.— Proposed Landing, Honolulu. Conference to discuss Agreement made between New South Wales ..'II and Eastern Extension Company. Appointment of General Manager—of Staff.: General, Manager's Headquarters. Building Maintenance Steamer Period of Maintenance of Cable. Landing-place in Australia; in New Zealand. Land and Buildings at Doubtless Bay. Ottawa ■ Board of Trade on State-owned Cables. Sir Sandford Fleming on an Imperial Postal Cable , •' Service. Imperial Bill for constituting Cable Board. Appointment of Superintendents. Tenders and Prices for Instruments. Proposal to Imperial Parliament to ratify Agreement. British Pacific Cable Act. New Zealand Government nominating Principal Officers for Doubtless Bay. Plans of Cable-ship. Board's approval of Provisional Agreement between Mr. Peake and Sir J. G. Ward. Laying Special Cable for Pacific-cable Work across Auckland Harbour. Protection of Cables. Employment of Colonial Operators in Colonial Stations. Special Wire Direct from Auckland to Doubtless Bay. Water-supply, Furniture, at Doubtless Bay ; also Progress of Work of Building. Sir Sandford Fleming on Atlantic State owned Cable and Transfer of Dominion Telegraphs to Government. Maintenance and Renewal Reserve Funds. Proposed Cables, San Francisco-Honolulu, Fanning Island-Honolulu. Sir Sandford Fleming before Canadian Press Association. Reservation of Doubtless Bay Site. New Zealand not undertaking Work of Building at Fanning Island. Relief from Customs Duties, from Harbour Dues, at Auckland and Wellington. Opening of Australia-Norfolk Island-New Zealand Section. Insuring Repairing-ship. Opening New Zealand-Fiji Section. Warning Shipping against fouling Cables. Code Address. Wireless Telegraphy, Fanning Island-Honolulu. Payment for Building at Doubtless Bay .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Rates, Terminal and Other. Routes of Telegrams — Preference of Pacific Cable for Unrouted Telegrams. Terminal and Transit Charges. Discussion of Rates. Division of British Traffic on Way to Vancouver. Uniform Penny Terminal Rate. Uniform Minimum Australian Rate. Australia-New Zealand Tariff. Transit Rates. Transmission of Government Telegrams. New Zealand's Stipulation of Halfpenny New Zealand Terminal Rate as Concession for Penny Letter-postage to Australia. Rates to Points on Cable opened. Assimilating Charges on Pacific and Eastern Extension Cables. Division of Traffic and Rates for Telegrams diverted. Dates for introducing Reduced Rates. Press Rate to Tasmania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 54 Cape-Austkalia Cable. — Completion of Cable, Durban-Mauritius-Rodriguez-Cocos-Freemantle. New Rates. Intention to lay Cable, Cocos-Colombo and Cocos-Singapore. Completion to Adelaide ... .. .. 67

NEW ZEALAND-SYDNEY CABLES.

The Deputy Postmaster-General, Adelaide, to the Secretary,. General Post Office, •■-■-; Wellington. (Telegram.) - : Adelaide, 10th October, 1901. Kindly telegraph following : (1.) Date of laying first New Zealand cable. (2.) Date of laying second cable. (3.) Date and amount subsidy (if any) paid or being paid to Extension Company on account of either cable,, quite apart from guarantees on reduction of rates, which is not required. 1— F, 8,