BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
(FROM GREVILLE’S TELEGRAM COMPANY, REUTER’S AGENTS.) Wellington, May 3. The Independent adds the following additional facts to Mr Vogel’s telegram re the San Francisco mail contract :—The contractors undertake to reserve adequate berths and cargo room for New Zealand. The Dacotah will shortly be ready, and a fourth boat is to be built. The contract retains the old clause pledging the contractors to use their influence in inducing Congress to relax the import duties on New Zealand wool and flax, and Australian avool. Commercial. - Bst flour, Ll4 10s to LL4 los ; seconds. Ll3 10s to Ll4. Best malting barley, 3s 6d. Good oats, 2s lOd to 3s. Maize scarce, at 4s 6d. Potatoes, L 6 ss. Good wheat, 4s fid to 4s 9d. Oatmeal, Ll6 to LI 8.
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Evening Star, Issue 2872, 3 May 1872, Page 2
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131BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Evening Star, Issue 2872, 3 May 1872, Page 2
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