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SYDNEY-SUVA-HONOLULU-VANCOUVER CONTRACT (1909-1911). No. 195. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Deputy Postmaster-General, Ottawa. Sir, General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd November, 1910. I have the honour to refer to your letter of the 20th April last [No. 145, F.-6, 1911], relative to the rates payable for the transit of New Zealand mails for the United Kingdom across North America. As it was not clear to this Department that the full charges specified in Article IV, section 3, subsection 1° of the Convention of Rome could not be divided between the United States and Canada, I have consulted the London office, which is of opinion that full charges are payable to each country. I have therefore prepared on this basis amended accounts " N " and " Q " for the transit of New, Zealand mails across Canada during 1908 and 1909 and subsequent years, showing the amounts due to your office to be 14,638-09 fr. and 14,539-22 fr. respectively, and submit them herewith, in duplicate, for your acceptance. I shall be glad to receive back one copy of each account, duly accepted. Payment will then be arranged through the money-order account. I have, &c, The Deputy Postmaster-General, Ottawa. D. Robertson, Secretary. [P.O. 09/311.]

No. 196. The Assistant Deputy Postmaster-General, Ottawa, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Sir Post Office Department, Ottawa, 11th January, 1911. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd November last, enclosing the amended accounts " N " and " Q " for the transit of New Zealand mails across Canada during 1908 and 1909 and subsequent years, and, in accordance with your request, beg to return herewith a copy [not printed] of each account duly accepted. A copy of each of the statements " Q " will be forwarded to the International Postal Bureau at Berne with an explanation of the difference in the account for the year 1908 and those of subsequent years. As regards settlement, this office would be agreeable to have it effected through the quarterly money-order account if the account for December quarter shall not have .been forwarded from your office before the receipt of this letter, otherwise it would be preferred that settlement should be made by a bill of exchange covering the years 1908, 1909, and 1910, as the March quarter money-order account from your office will not be received at this Department in time to be brought into the financial statement of the current fiscal year. I have, &c, E. H. Laschinger, Assistant Deputy Postmaster-General. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. - No. 197. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Deputy Postmaster-General, Ottawa. S IR _ General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd March, 1911. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th January last, in reference to the accounts for the transit across Canada of New Zealand mails for the United Kingdom and the United States of America during the years 1908, 1909, and 1910 ; and to inform you that on the 14th instant I forwarded you a bank draft for £1,734 15s. 6d. in payment of the accounts. I have, &c, The Deputy Postmaster-General, Ottawa. D. Robertson, Secretary.

No. 197. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Deputy Postmaster-General, Ottawa. g IB __ General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd March, 1911. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th January last, in reference to the accounts for the transit across Canada of New Zealand mails for the United Kingdom and the United States of America during the years 1908, 1909, and 1910 ; and to inform you that on the 14th instant I forwarded you a bank draft for £1,734 15s. 6d. in payment of the accounts. I have, &c, The Deputy Postmaster-General, Ottawa. D. Robertson, Secretary.