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Show mails for New Zealand. New Yobk, November 20. The Journal of Commerce's Washington special says: The Postofflce Department to-day received official offi-cial notification that a contract has-been made by the government of New Zealand and New South Wales for the transportation of mails from those colonies to San Francisco Fran-cisco for three years, beginning November 21st, at annual compensation of 30,000; thirteen trips to be made each year; the mail to be carried in the American steamers "Mariposa" and "Alameda," and the English Eng-lish steamers "Zealandia" and "Australia." This confutes the report that the British Australian mails were to be dispatched by the Canadian Pacific. The results of the refusal re-fusal of the Pacific Mail to carry the United States mails for the full amount of the postage post-age thereon appears to be that the Australian as well as United States mails will, for the next three years, be carried by Spreckels' ships. . |