F.—6a

Session 11. 1906. NEW- ZEALAND.

OCEAN MAIL-SERVICES (FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO). [In continuation of Paper F.-6, presented on the 22nd August, 1906.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Gomm,and of His Excellency.

INDEX. San Francisco Service — San Francisco Service— continued. Contract with Oceanic Company, &c. Earthquake at San Francisco and followPages 2-3 ing Events- continued. No. Delay in arrival of " Sonoma " at Auckland, No. Resident Agent's loss of reoords .. .. 84 June, 1906 .. .. .. .. 3-7 Resident Agent's report of earthquake, &c. 69 Gratuity to Ooeanic Steamship Company for Services of Messrs. D. E. Lindsay, Mail Australian correspondence .. .. 86, ft 7 Agent, and W. R. Hounsell, Assistant Proposed Australian subsidy to San Francisco Mail Agent, acknowledged .. .. 80-1 servioe .. .. .. .. 86,87 Steamer from New Zealand, 25th May, Service temporarily stopped: Resumption .. 1 Providing .. .. .. .. 48 49 57 Use of Suez for Eastern United States, Eastern Temporary suspension of San Francisco Canada .. .. .. .. 2 service .. .. .. 1,14,16-18,22, CO (TO QQ QO Incidents of United States and Atlantic «Tutanekai "to Fiji, proposal to send 82,'88,'«,'i4, Transit, &C. Page 4 45-47, 51-54, 59 Delay to mails across U.S.A. .. .. No. 8 VANCOUVER SERVICE— Pages 21-2 Earthquake at San Francisco and No. 85 QUAKE, &0.) Assistance at Portland and Seattle by Messrs. No. F. E. Whitney and R. A. Whiting .. 75 AuSTRALIA-SuEZ SERVICE— Paces 23-5 Assistance at Vancouver by F. E. Harmon eh for mailg b p and Q an(J orien( . - and J. 0. McLeod .. .. .. 7b steamers BR-Q4 Assistance by Captain Neville and Mr. Pender, New Zea]and 2^ tlsiiM June - and Ju - y ,- -" Moana .. .. .. • • /» igo g ■ qo_4 Despatching all New Zealand correspondence Sendi j Zgaland oorre V den ;; from London ma Italy. (See Australia- from London >m Italy while San FranSuez). cisoo service stopped .. .. 42-60 Diverting mails to Vancouver, thence by Use of guez for astern United stateg " Moana 66 68 83 and Eastern Craada 2 Earthquake, advice of, &c. .. 9-13, 55, 66, InterproVlNClAL Service— Pages 26-9 First steamer from San Francisco after earth- w*» %T v , sm , is 1 sion , o£ f mail by , ' No - *«* WiM ™»* •• 103-5 Gratuity for correspondence diverted via Van- conveyance from couver 70-72 77 78 Special train from New Plymouth with Inward mails at time of earthquake, tracing 15, 20, 21, carriages for passengers .. .. 95-101 Mail Agents from New Zealand, providing ' 48 PARCEL Mails— Pages 30-32 Mail Agent's report of voyage, earthquake, Arrangements with Shaw, Savill, and Albion No. return via Vancouver, &c. .. .. 66 and New Zealand Shipping Companies: Mail Agents'passages from Vancouver .. 26-7 London to New Zealand .. .. 105 Mail Agents, safety of .. 18, 19, 21, Parcels for Ind a. Conveyance from Mel--23-25,29,50 i bourne to Colombo: Sea transit rate " Moana" touching at Auckland.. 32,33,41,44-47, altered .. .. .. .. 107,109 51-54, 64 Refund for paxcels conveyed by Shaw, Savill, Resident Agent's list of code words for and Albion, and New Zealand Shipping arrival and departure of mails .. 74 Companies .. .. 108-10 I—F. 6a.