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No. 157. The Manager, Telegraph Department, Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal, to the Secbetary, General Post Office, Wellington. Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Telegraph Department), Sir,— 4, Hospital Street, Montreal, 20th March, 1903. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 10th February, and take pleasure in forwarding you by express a map of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. On this map I have had traced in red the route followed by Pacific cablegrams. The new cable will follow the line from Bamfield, 8.C., to Alberni (not Alberta) You will please note that this route follows the line of railway throughout its whole course, with the exception of a short piece between Bamfield and Nanaimo and between Heatherton and Canso. Trusting the map sent you will meet your requirements. Yours, &c, Jas. Kent, Manager of Telegraphs. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington.

No. 158. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Vice-President and General Manager, Postal Telegraph Cable Company, New York. Sib,— General Post Office, Wellington, 24th April, 1903. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th March, and to thank you for the copies of the maps, showing the routes of your company's lines and connections in the United States and British North America, which you were good enough to send therewith. The Vice-President and General Manager, I have, &c, Postal Telegraph Cable Company, New York. W. Gbay, Secretary.

No. 159. The General Manages, Pacific Cable Board, London, to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, Wellington. Pacific Cable Board, Sanctuary House, Tothill Street, Westminster, Sir,— London, Ist May, 1903. I enclose, for the information of your Department, two supplementary lists of tariffs [not printed] by the Pacific cable to West Indies, Central and South America, vid New York and Hayti; and to Central America vid Galveston. I have only recently received these tariffs from the Canadian Pacific Railway, and I hope that they will nearly, if not quite, complete the tariffs for the whole of America by the Pacific route, as published in the Postal Guides. I am, &c, C. H. Reynolds, The Hon. the Postmaster-General, Wellington. General Manager.

No. 160. The Manager in Australasia, Eastern Extension Company, Melbourne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. (Telegram.) Melbourne, 12th May, 1903. Rate for British and Colonial Government messages between New Zealand and Commonwealth threepence per word vid Extension, same as vid Pacific, Company taking penny halfpenny.

No. 161. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Manager, Telegraph Department) Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Montreal. Sir,— General Post Office, Wellington, 30th May, 1903. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th March last, and to thank you for the copy which you were good enough to send therewith, of the map of your company's line, on which is traced in red the course taken across Canada by telegrams transferred to your system from the Pacific cable. I have, &c, The Manager, Telegraph Department, W. Gray, Secretary. Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 4, Hospital Street, Montreal.

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