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FTER cruising among the islands of Polynesia from May till 24th September, the "Basilisk" left on 8th December, 1872, for Torres Strait and New Guinea. On calling at, Moresby again met the Governor, Lord Normanby, and Mr. Palmer, the Premier, of Queensland, from whom he learned, among other things, that the Government contemplated the establishment of a MAIL SERVICE to be carried on by