At Panama the mail steamer will be met by British steam vessels going to and fro between that port and the chief cities on the coast of Peru, and by American steam vessels running to Sau Francisco, and by San Francisco those who desire so to do can pass on to Vancouver's Island and i British Columbia by the Hudson's Bay Bteamers, The course of the mail is over the Isthmus by railway to Colon, a journey accomplished in four hours. From Colon the Atlantic steamers will convey the mails to Jamaica, thence passing Haiti to St. Thomas's Island, and from that island to the Azores, where the last call is made, and so on to Southampton, From Colon two other routes are open to the choice of the traveller. He may go by steamer to Cuba; thence along the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans, up the Mississippi, and by railroad to Philadelphia and New York, where he may enter the steamer for Liverpool. Or, instead of going up the the Mis sissippi, he may proceed along the coast to New York, and so reacTi Liver pool before the mail Bteamer from Colon arrives at Southampton, At Colon the passengers will find also regular communication with Demerara, Barbadoes, and Brazil. Looking then at all the important and progressive ports and countries which are accessible from Panama and from Colon; and con sidering that the new postal line will not only open the way for any who wish to do bo to pass rapidly from New South Wales to any of these places, hut'will also offer to their inhabitants easy access to the ample fields for enter prise furnished by this colony, it is impossible to resist the convictiou that the departure of the Kaikoura for Panama is an event full of pro mise. Even as a means of passing be tween Australia and England, without

regard to the countries accessible along tho Hue, this route is sure to prove accoptablo. 