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Of course, without some more definite statement before me, I cannot estimate the " continuous pressure " which the Agent-General alleges it has been necessary to use, in order to get us to "provide tonnage for the conveyance of 12,000 tons of railway iron in some seven months ;" but I respectfully submit that the annexed schedule of cargo carried for the Government, under our present contract, does not indicate any lack of resource or ability to supply tonnage, in addition to the ordinary requirements of our very large trade. And I may add that we have never received from Sir Julius Vogel such full and frank information of the contemplated tonnage requirements as the Government has always afforded to the Company here ; and, with great deference, I submit that it should be au instruction to the Agent-General, as it was a usage with his predecessor, to give to our London agent the very earliest intimation of the probable requirements in tonnage. I am certain such a course would be in the interest of the Government. I have, &c, H. Selwyn Smith, The Hon. the Minister for Immigration, Wellington. General Manager.

Enclosure in No. 9. Memorandum of Goveenment Cabgo carried under Contract dated May, 1878, by the New Zealand Shipping Company (Limited).

Note. —I cannot immediately ascertain the quantities carried under this contract by the ships sailing under Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co's flag, which tonnage vva9 arranged by this Company. 11. Selwyn Smith, General Manager,

Sailed. Ship. From To Cargo. Arrived. Measurement. Bails and Plant. Cargo. 1878. Jay 10 21 31 Rokeby Hall Patata Orari Ingle wood Pareora Kakaia Waitangi Wairoa City of Auckland Mat aura Rangitikei Loch Fleet Coruna Opawa Waipa Hurunui Otaki Clan Fergusson Pinko Times Fernglen Eiistcrhill Waikato Duke of Athol Mendoza Avethusa Lorraine Loch Fergus Benares Gloria Albatross Clan Campbell Cnrmelo East Lothian Stad Haarlem Columbus... Western Belle Loch Dee ... Glen Caladh Loch Ken ... Spirit of the Dawn ... Angerona ... Coriolanus... Waimate ... Red Gauntlet Adelaide ... Minister of Marine ... London Port Chalmers Lyttelton Wellington Port Chalmers and Bluff Auckland Wellington Lyttelton Wellington ... Napier Port Chalmers Lyttelton Auckland Wellington ... Lyttelton Port Chalmers Lyttelton Wellington Auckland Lyttelton Aug. 21 Sept. 1 16 Aug. 28 Sept. 17 Oct. 8 „ 13 „ 17 22 „ 28 Nov. 17 ., 21 Dec. 13 „ 7 „ 10 13 „ 10 18 March 5 Jan. 11 „ 2 Feb. 4 Jan. 18 „ 29 Feb. 26 March 13 1 Feb. 28 March 12 April 16 „ 11 April 20 „ 28 „ 8 „ 13 May 28 Feet. 10,576 7,637 1,889 12,461 Tns. ct. qr. lh. 26 2 0 0 350 12 0 4 53 6 2 26 60 10 2 24 107 1 3 1 8 14 1 11 144 8 3 21 ,, ,, ... ,, ... "une 14 29 'uly 13 13 13 August 1 3 17 20 29 31 Sept. 10 11 16 )ctober 1 4 4 20 26 29 S Tov. 7 „ 17 21 )ec. 3 12 17 28 ran. 9 9 feb. 4 8 20 26 .larch 7 _b. 26 ilarch 8 ,, 7 an. 6 .larch 5 feb. 4 larch 19 _.pril 1 ,, ... it ••• ,, ... ,, ... ,, ... ,, ... ,, ... ,, ... it j) ■•• ,, ,, ... .. ,, Cardiff '.'.'. London Wellington Port Chalmers Lyttelton Wellington ... Napier Lyttelton Wellington 86 About 682 427 3,638 102 66 2,203 525 67 96 6,214 337 5,319 4,914 605 4,100 3,599 202,370 150 0 0 0 24 8 O 10 68 8 0 2 10 1 3 2 159 12 2 13 86 9 3 14 136 16 1 10 221 17 1 0 53 13 1 7 05 12 3 12 1,796 13 3 4 79 12 1 27 23 13 1 11 82 18 0 2 1,101 15 3 19 1,321 15 1 19 194 12 1 20 6 9 0 12 131 12 0 2 612 4 0 2 19 17 2 18 23 11 3 3 a ... Middlesboro' Cardiff ... London a ,, ... ... Port Chalmers Wellington ... Bluff Wellington ... Auckland Port Chalmers Wellington ... Port Chalmers Wellington ... Auckland 2,789 5,588 8,024 a ■•• a •■• 3,412 867 282 }j Wellington ... Port Chalmers June 11 „ 23 4 „ 23 11,321 682 244 9 3 18 166 2 1 6 57 14 0 0 1,381 13 2 14 262 5 2 8 90 3 2 20 90 10 3 6 ,j Cardiff .'.'. London ... ,, ... Lyttelton April 6 June 10 „ 17 1,155 683 845 38 3,242 ,, ... j, ... Auckland 1,458 0 2 19 jj ... 40)306,841 7,671tons 2qr. 10,903 3 0 17