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THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

(From the New Zealand Herald , March 31.) By telegram we, some few days back, were informed that fresh tenders had been advertised for by the New South Wales Government for the San Francisco mail service. The following Is a copy of the advertisement : Mail Conveyance between New South Wales, New Zealand, and San Francisco. General Post-oflicc, Sydney, March 8, 3875. Tenders will be received at this office, and in London at tho offices of the Agents-Goncral of New South Wales and New Zealand, up to noon on Wednesday, tho sth May next, for the conveyance of mails once in every four weeks, for tho term of eight years, from commencement of the service, by the following route, viz,:— “San Francisco and tho Colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand, via Honolulu and Fiji. “ The vessels conveying the mails from San Francisco to proceed alternately to New South Wales and to New Zealand,, and the mails for New Zealand or New South Wales, as the case may require, to be transhipped at a port in Fiji into and conveyed by another vessel of equal capacity and power, to tho colony. The vessels conveying the mails to San Francisco to proceed thither alternately from New South Wales and from New Zealand, and the malls from New South Wales or New Zealand, as tho case may require, to bo conveyed in another vessel of equal capacity and power to a port in Fiji, aud to be there transhipped into and conveyed by tho vessel going to San Francisco. The New South Wales mails to be delivered at and despatched from the port ofiSydney, and the New Zealand mails to be delivered at and despatched from the ports of Fort Chalmers, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland, respectively, and in passing Hawke's Bay the mail vessel (weather permitting) to call oif Napier to deliver and receive mails to and from that place, tho said last-mentioned mails to bo delivered to and received from a steam launch to be provided by the Postmaster-General of New Zealand, and the contractors to convey with the mails from or to San Francisco any local mails between the said ports of Now Zealand respectively, as may be required by tho Postmaster-General of New Zealand to be so conveyed. Tho steamers may “ fork ” at Fiji, as provided for above, or tho steamers from Port Chalmers may run through to San Francisco on each trip, and the steamers from San Francisco may run through to Sydney on each trip, or other modilicatlons in respect to the “forking" at Fiji may be made at tho option of the contractors, subject to tho approval of tho Postmaster-General of tho colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand. “Separate tenders must bo sent in for an eleven knot, eleven and a-half knot, and a twelve knot service respectively. Tenders to state the date upon which they will agree to commence tho service. “The conditions of agreement and all other particulars that may be required can be obtained on application at this ofllce, or in London at the ofllces of the Agcnts-Gcnoral for the colonics of New South Wales and New Zealand. “J. F. Burns.'*

.Writing upon this subject, the Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne Argus remarks : The advertisement for tenders for the Pacific Mail Service is now out. There is no alteration on the' policy of the late Government. Indeed, there could not well be, because matters had gone too far for drawing back. There is a positive agreement with New Zealand that tenders should be called for on a certain basis, and wei must wait now to see the effect of these tenders before taking any further step. As the date of their reception is the sth of May next, this involves at least two months’ delay before we can tell what steamship owners will be willing to do. Separate tenders, are required for a speed of 11, 111, and 12 knots respectively. Tenderers also have the alternative of offering not only for the forked service, but for an an-angement by which all the outgoing steamers should start from Port Chalmers as a terminus a quo, and should all return direct to Sydney as a terminus ad quem. As a matter of fact, they would under this arrangement all start from Sydney, and proceed via Port Chalmers, the journey between those two ports, however, not being in the contract. This arrangement was much discussed with Mr. Russell when he was last in Sydney, and he was nulling to accept it as giving an equal division of the trunk line service. It would suit the goods traffic better than the forked line, and would greatly simplify the working of the steamers. Should the latter terms of the advertisement be decided upon, Sydney will be entirely benefited and Auckland null be the sufferer, being the last port at which the mails will be delivered.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4383, 7 April 1875, Page 3

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THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4383, 7 April 1875, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4383, 7 April 1875, Page 3

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