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No. 94. Air. S. H. Lambton to the Hon. the Postmaster-General. Sir,— General Post Office, Sydney, 22nd May, 1871. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication, dated the 24th ultimo, forwarding a copy of the contract lately entered into by the Government of New Zealand for tho conveyance of mails between that Colony and San Francisco. I have, Ac, The Hon. the Postmaster-General, S. H. Lambton, Wellington, N.Z. For the Postmaster-General.

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No. 95. Mr. Hurst to the Secretary, General Post Office. Sir, — General Post Office, Adelaide, 27th Alay, 1871. I have the honor, by the direction of the Postmaster-General, to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your communication of the 24th ultimo, together with the accompanying copy of the contract for the conveyance of the mails between New Zealand and San Francisco. I have, Ac, The Secretary, General Post Office, J. L. Hurst. Wellington, N.Z.

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No. 96. Air. W. Turner to the Hon. the Postmaster-General. Sir, — General Post Office, Aielbourne, 30th Alay, 1871. I beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the copy of the contract recently entered into for the conveyance of mails between New Zealand and San Francisco, which accompanied your communication of the 24th ultimo. I have, Ac, The Hon. the Postmaster-General, W. Turner. Wellington.

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No. 97. Air. A. C. Douglas to Air. Eliott Eliott. Sir,— General Post Office, Hobart Town, 31st May, 1871. I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th ultimo, and to request that you will convey to the Hon. the Postmaster-General of New Zealand the best thanks of the PostmasterGeneral of this Colony for the copy of the contract lately- entered into by the Government of New Zealand for the conveyance of mails between New Zealand and San Francisco, which accompanied the communication referred to. I have, Ac, Eliott Eliott, Esq., General Post Office, A. C. Douglas, Wellington. Secretary,

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No. 98. Air. John Al'Donnell to the Hon. the Postmaster-General. Sir, — General Post Office, Brisbane, Ist June, 1871. I am directed to acknowledge the receipt, with thanks, of a copy of the contract lately entered into by the Government of New Zealand for the conveyance of mails between that Colony and San Francisco, accompanying your letter dated the 24th April last. I have, Ac, The Hon. the Postmaster-General, John Al'Donnell, AVellington, N.Z. Under-Secretary.

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No. 99. Air. Hel.mich to the Secretart, General Post Office. Sir,— General Post Office, Perth, 6th July, 1871. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th April last, enclosing a copy of the contract lately entered into by the Government of New Zealand for the conveyance of mails to and from San Francisco, for which I beg to return you my thanks. I have, Ac, The Secretary, General Post Office, A. Helmich, AVellington, N.Z. Postmaster-General.

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No. 100. Air. William Milne to the Hon. the Colonial SECRETARY. Sir, — Chief Secretary's Office, Adelaide, 23rd Alarch, 1871. In reply to your letter of the 3rd December last, and with reference to former correspondence

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