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Vide Blue Book, 1860. Appendix A, No. 5, p. 3.

1 wait, however, your Honor's reply to this letter, before finally tendering my advice to His Excellency to disallow the Ordinance. I have, &c, His Honor the Superintendent, Henry Sewell, Canterbury. For the Colonial Secretary

No. 27. (No. 503 ) MR. FOX TO THE SUPEINTENDENT, CANTERBURY. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 23rd May, 1862. Sir, — With reference to your Honor's letter, No. 80, of the 30th ultimo, on the subject of the Lyttleton Municipal Reserves Ordinance, Session 17 No. 10,1 have to inform your Honor that for the reasons stated in Mr. Sewell's letter of the 7th Mareh last, Ministers are compelled to advise His Excellency to disallow that Ordinance. If your Honor will be good enough to specify the objects for which the reserves in question were made, the Government will be disposed to give favourable consideration to the issue of grants of such lands under the " Public Reserves Act, 1854.'' I have, &c, His Honor the Superintendent, William Fox. Canterbury.

No. 28. (No. 504.) MR. FOX TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, CANTERBURY. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 23rd May, 1862. Sir,— With reference to your Honor's letter of the 30th ultimo, No. 79, relative to the " Railway Severance Ordinance," Session 17 No. 11, I have to inform you that for the reasons stated in Mr. Sewell's letter of the 7th of the preceding month, Ministers have been compelled to advise His Excellency the Governor to disallow that Ordinance. I have, &c, William Fox. His Honor the Superintendent, Canterbury. __^__^^^^^^__^^_^^__^_^____

OTAGO.

No. 29. (No. 110) THE SUPERINTENDENT, OTAGO, TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, 27th January, 1859. Sir,— I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Despatch of 14th January, intimating that His Excellency the Governor has withheld his assent to the "Loan Ordinance, 1858," passed by the Provincial Council of this Province, and also intimating, as the Ministry considers the security of the Provincial Revenue quite sufficient, it will be willing to give every facility to the raising of the proposed loan by transmitting the Bill and letter accompanying it from the Provincial Government with a recommendation that the proposed loan should be approved of by the Imperial Government. In expressing my deep regret that His Excellency's Ministers have seen cause to advise the withdrawing of the assent, I beg to tender my thanks for the considerate proposal to forward a recommendation of the measure to the Imperial Government, and which I have the honor to request may be done as early as convenient. I have, &c, The Honourable W. Cargill, The Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, Superintendent. Auckland.

No. 30. MR. TANCKED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, OTAGO. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckand, 10th February, 1859. Sir,— Referring to your Honor's letter of the 29th ultimo, respecting the disallowance of the 0 tago Loan. Ordinance, 1858," I have the honor to inform you that the Ordinance, with the

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