Messrs. Ireland, Fraßer, and Co., of Port Louis, Mauritius report that the " Oriental Bank negotiates drafts at 60 days' sight, on Melbourne and Sydney, at 5 per cent. ; and on the other Australian and N«w Zealand ports, at 6 par cent, discount." "British sovereigns are worth 6, and Australian 5 per cent, premium." " Charters for the United Kingdom, at 203. per ton. For Australia and New Zealand, small vessels obtain cargo occasionally at from 15s to 20s per ton."

BIRTH.
On'April 29, at Geddes Point, Onehunga, Mrs. A. Farquhar, of a son.
POST-OFFICE.
Mails :— For Napier, per Sarah Alice, this day, at 10 a.m. for {Mangapai. Wangarei Heads, Waipu, and TVangarei, per Smuggler, this day, at 5 p.m. For Taranaki, Wanganui, and Wellington, per s.s. Ahuriri, to-morrow, at 9 a m. &For Hobart Town, per Bella Mary, on Thursday next, at 3pm For the Australian Colonies and the United Kingdom ria Suez, per s.s. Auckland, the registered letter, money order, and newspaper mails will close at 10, and the mails for ordinary letters at 11 o'clock, on Thursday, 2nd May. For the United Kingdom, North and South America, West Indies, &c , via Panama, the registered letter and money-order mails will close on Thursday, 2nd May, at 5 p.m , aud the mails for ordinary letters and newspapers the following morning at 9 o'clock. For Taranaki aud the Southern Provinces of New Zealand, per s.s. Wellington, the registered letter and money-order mails will close on Thursday, 2nd May, at 5 p.m., and the mails for ordinary letters and newspapers the follow ing morning, at 9 o'clock. W. CORBBTT, Chief Postmaster.
