A proposal has been received by the Victorian Government, from Mr F. Gisborne representing the Submarine Telegraph Company, for the construction of a cable from Galle to the NortliAvest Cape, and from King George's Sound to Portland, the latter being necessary to avoid the coast land line. The subsidy required is about £50,000. The same Government has received through the authorities of South Australia proposals from a company recently formed in England, for a neAV system of ocean telegraphy, accompanied by a reduction from 10s Gd to 5s per Avord for messages to England. It is said that by the iicav system, the cost of an insulated or covered conductor is dispensed with. We have received the " Commercial Exchange map of the City of Melbourne," published by Mr M. L. Hutchinson, of 15, Collins-street Melbourne.
