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No. 3. copy of DESPATCH fbom ins cnace the duke of Newcastle, k.g., to governor sir . GEOBGE GREY, K.C.B. Downing Street, 26th September. 1S63. Sin,— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 75 of the 7th of Juh. enclosing a Memorandum by your responsible Ministers in which they disclaim the views I attributed to them in my Despatch No. 30, of the 22nd of March, on the subject of the legality of making roads through Native Lands. I am extremely glad to learn that your Ministry did not entertain the views which their correspondence with the Attorney-General, unaccompanied by any explanation, appeared to indicate. I have, Ac, NEWCASTLE. Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B., Ac., &c, &'c.

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