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Second Sub-enclosure to Sub-enclosure 3 in No. 64. The Financial Secketaky to the Teeasury to the Eight Hen. the Postmaster-General. My Lord,-— ..... Treasury Chambers, 3rd October, 1900. I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to state, in reply to Mr. B. Forman's letter of the 23rd August, that, after communicating with Mr. Secretary Chamberlain on the subject, they agree to the institution of penny postage between the United Kingdom and New Zealand as from the Ist January next, provided that the Colonial Government, on finding that universal penny postage (which it appears desirous of establishing) is impracticable, retains its desire to institute penny postage with this country, and with such British colonies as have accepted the latter scheme. I am, &c, The Postmaster-General. R. W. Hanbury.

\ Sub-enclosure 4 to Enclosure in No. 64. The Bight Hon. the Seceetaey of State for the Colonies to His Excellency the Goveenoe. (Telegram.) London, 10th October, 1900. Referring to your telegram of 28th August, do I rightly understand that your Government will adopt penny postage Ist January, as regards places where the system has been adopted within the Empire independently of action in respect to places outside?

Sub-enclosure 5 to Enclosure in No. 64. His Excellency the Governor to the Right Hon. the Sbcebtaey of State for the Colonies. (Telegram.) Wellington, 23rd October, 1900. Refeeeing to your telegram of 10th October: New Zealand adopts penny postage to all places in Empire which will allow New Zealand to do it. My Government, however, desire to enter into arrangements with any other British country and with any other country willing to form a restricted union under section two, article twenty-one, Washington Convention.

; No, 65. The Seceetaey, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Postmastee-General, Cape Town. Sic, — General Post Office, Wellington, Ist November, 1900. I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth September last on the subject of the introduction of the penny post in this colony. The Hon. the Postmaster-General desires me to express his great satisfaction at' receiving so appreciative a reply from your office. It is understood that the Imperial Post Office is communicating with the British colonies in the matter. I have, &c, The Postmaster-General, Cape Town. W. Geay, Secretary.

No. 66. The Hon. the Postmaster-General, Wellington, to the Dibbctob-General of Posts, Paris. General Post Office, Wellington, le 23 Novembre, 1900. Monsieur lb Diebctbue-Geneeal, — J'ai l'honneur de vous informer que la Nouvelle-Zelande desire introduire, a partir dv ler Janvier prochain, le " penny tarif " (tarif de 10 centimes par 15 grammes) pour lettres pour tous pays, en commemoration dv commencement dv nouveau siecle. Les administrations dcs Postes de la Grande Bretagne, dcs Indes, dv Canada, et beaucoup d'autres possessions britanniques ont deja signifie leur intention de nous rendre la reciprocity; mais par un malentendu il est possible que votre administration n'ait pas etc pr6venue dv d6sir de notre colonie d'etendre le tarif dun penny a votre pays. Les avantages de tarifs postaux moderes vous sont si bien connus que je me contente, a present, de suggerer, a la consideration favorable de votre administration, la formation dune Union restreinte entre la France et la Nouvelle-Zelande, sous l'article XXI. de la Convention Principale de Washington. S'il nest pas en votre pouvoir de r6duire le tarif dcs lettres mises a la poste dans votre pays et destinees a la Nouvelle-Zelande, j'espere pourtant qu'il vous serait possible de delivrer aux destinataires, sans taxe, les lettres provenant de notre colonie et affranchies dun penny par 15 grammes. J'ai 1' honneur, &c, J. G. Ward, • .. . Maitre-General dcs Postes. Monsieur le Directeur-General dcs Postes de France, a Paris. - . ■■•• (For translation of this letter, see No. 66a, down to end of third paragraph, " prepaid at Id.") [Similar letter sent addressed Monsieur le Directeur-General dcs Postes—de l'Etat de Nicaragua; de Perse; de Liberia; d'Haiti; d'AUemagne; dv Mexique; dcs Indes Orientales Neerlandaises; de I'Equateur; d'Autriche ; dv Montenegro; de Suede; de Bosnie Herzegovine; de la Russie ; dv Royaume de Siam ; de la Republique de l'Uruguay ; de Norvege ; de Bulgarie; de Hongrie ;de Turquie; de Belgique; de Chine; de l'Etat independant dv Congo; de la Republique de Costa-Rica; dv Danemark; de Luxembourg; dcs Pays Bas; de la Suisse; de l'Egypt; de la Republique Dominicaine; de la Bolivie aLa Paz; dv Guatemala; dv Bresil; d'ltalie ; de Roumanie; dv Salvador; de Grece ; de Servie; dv Chili; de la Argentine ; dv Venezuela ; de Coree ; dv Paraguay ; dv Honduras ; dv Perou ; and de la Republique le Coloinbie.]

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