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of Land Revenue here, and T trust that on a favonrab'e report being received from thru gentleman that the Governor's asseut to the Loan Bill may be speedily obiained, for reasons named in preview communications. I have, &c, J. A. R. Mb\Bleßi Superintendent. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland.

No. 37. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO THE RECEIVER OP LAND REVENUE, INVEHCAnOILL. Colonial Secretary1* Office, Auckland, 6ih April, 1804. I am directed by Mr. Fox to enclose herewith a tracing of some land set npnrt by the Provincial Government of Southland as security f>r a proposed loan of Forty thousand pounds, aud to request you to be good enough to examine it and report unon its value. I am to request you to return the tracing for record in ibis olfice. I have, &c, W. GISBORNK, Under Secretary, A. J. Elles. Esq., Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill. m

No. 38. THE RECEIVER OF LAND REVENUE, INVERCAHGILL, TO THE ROLONML SECRETARY. Office of Receiver of Land Revenue, luvercargill, loth May, 1864. Snt, — I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 6th ultimo, encloses1 tracing of land set apart by the Provincial Government of Southland as Betunty for a proposed Loan of Forty thousand pounds, and requesting me to examine and report on the value irf the said lan I. I have accordingly examined tlie land, and have the honor to lepo t that, alth>u»h not in my opinion of first-rate intrinsic value (the portion near the river more particularly), briti^ principally of a gravelly nature, and move adapted for pastoral than agricultural p,,,.po>sei, and moreover a portion of il being liable to be annually inundated, it will nevertheless, from the advantages of its locality as a ■whole, lying as it does on each side of one of the most important highways in the Province, always maintain a fair commercial value. The portion subject to flmJs is that comprised between the Dipton and Oreti Rivers, aud along the eastern bank of ihe Oreti from the confluence of the Dipton northwards. I return ihe tracing as requested. I have, &c, A. J. Elles, Receiver oi Laud Revenue. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland,

No. 39. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO THE RECEIVER OF LAND REVENUE. INVKRCAHCILL. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 27th May, 1864. By direction of the Colonial Secretary, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of thenumber and date quoted in the margin, reporting on the vaTur of the land offered by the Provincial Government of Southland as security for the proposed Loan of Forty thousand pounds. I have, &c, W. Gisborne, Under Secretaij. A. J. Elles. Esq.. Receiver of Land Revenue, Invercargill.

No. 230.

£40,000

£40,000

(No. 35-64.) 10th May, 1864. £40,000.

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