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INDEX. San Francisco Service—■ Vancouver Service — Incidents of Pacific Transit, &c Pages 3-8 Contracts Sydney-Vancouver. Page 24 Accounts with Oceanic Steamship Com- Nos. Contract, 1893, with Mr. James Huddart: Nos. pany .. .. .. .. 2,7 Bequest for copy .. .. .. 79 American overland transit : Payment Contract, 1899, with Messrs. Burns, on net weights .. .. .. 1 Philn and Company, Limited, also New Caledonia mails, Accounts for supply of copy .. .. .. 77, 78 carriage of .. .. .. 8, 9, 16, 18 Contract, 1907, with Union Steam Ship Resumption proposed of the J. D. Company : Request for copy .. 80, 81 Spreckels and Brothers Company's service .. .. 3,4,11,12,14 Connection at Fiji, Call at Fanning Resumption reported of the J. D. _ , ' „ _ ° „„ Spreckels and Brothers Company's Island, &C. Pages 25-30 service .. .. .. .. 5, 6, 35 Closer connection at Suva for inward Nos. Ship Subsidy Bill .. .. '.. 10, 13, 15, 17 mails .. .. .. 84, 86,88, 89, 90 Delay to mails through non-tranship-Mails by 'Weir Line. Pages 9-17 ment at Suva .. .. 82,83,85, 87,88 , ~.,.__. , T Panning Island: Call at on southward Australian mails from San Francisco Nos. w abandoning northward call .. 94,97-102 at Auckland, Transhipment of 26, 29, 80, 32-34 36 *; . inward call _ _ 98 _ 102 .., , . , d7 ' w ' : Mails from Vancouver Comparative table showing times from and Honolulu 91-3,95,96 London to New Zealand, via Suez Outward Vancouver mails : Altered time and ma San Francisco ... 47 of sailing of steamer from Auokland.. 111-115 German mails for Samoa forwarded ma San Prancisco .. .. .. 38 _ "«-.....*, -r, „-, .» Gratuities to Union Steam Ship Com- Proposed All-red Route. Pages 31-45 pany for carriage of transhipped mails Auckland Chamber of Commerce : For Nos. to Australia .. .. .. 43 speedier communication between New Guaymas a port of call .. .. 41 Zealand and United Kingdom .. 106, 107 London mails despatched ma San Fran- Great Britain-Ireland: Report on prooisco .. .. .. .. 23,27 posed cross-channel steamers .. 105(1) Outward voyage: Calling at New Zea- London-Blacksod Bay-Canada route .. 103, 105 land port .. .. .. 24,39,41 Map .. .. .. .. 105(2) Speed : Average, &c, of Weir Line Speech by Hon. C. Sifton in Canadian steamers .. .. .. .. 48, 49 Parliament: Subsidy, &c. .. .. 108 Steamer from San Francisco : First .. 19, 20-22, 25 Speech by Lord Strathcona at Royal Second 28 Colonial Institute: Advantages, dis- , Third .. 31 tances, routes, &0.. .. .. 109 Time-table.. .. .. .. 46 Speech by Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward Tonga, Calling at: Last voyage .. 46 in New Zealand Parliament .. 104 Weir Company's offer to American Post Time-table suggested, London to New Office .. .. .. .. 19,45 Zealand and Australia .. .. 103,105(3) Australia-Suez Service— Page 18 j Interprovincial Service — Pages 46-47 No. i Altered time of sailing of steamer from Nos. Orient contract services .. .. 50 Auckland with outward Vancouver mails .. .. .. .. (111-115) nr.m.. .«*_.. a„Av.~*. rt~~~.~~t.i~v. j>.~ Northern Steamship Company: Detain-Welhngton-Sydney Connection, &o illg steamers at onehunga for inward mails .. .. .. .. 110 Nos. Accounts, Settlement of .. .. 52, 53 Direct Service Page 48 Hobart-Blufl steamer: Suggested de- Chamber of Commerce, Wellington for Nos. tention at Hobart for Sydney mails 51, 56-58, 60 , tnirty _ five dava . Bervic e New ZealandMonowai : Breakdown of, Wellington to » « L d J on J .. m m Sydney .. .. .. .. 62-75 — : Keeping cable open continuously.. .. .. 66-68,70,71,75 ToPOLOBAMPO EOUTE— Pages 48-49 Weekly service, Wellington-Sydney .. 54 Wright, Mr. E. Fondi, forwards in- Nos. Wellington-Sydney steamer : Suggested formation : Cost, proposed fortnightly detention at Wellington till arrival service, consumption of fuel, subof express train .. .. .. 55,59,61,76 sidy, &c. .. .. .. .. 118-120