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No. 48 of 29 Vict.

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND. No. 1. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. (No. 8.) Sir, — Downing Street, 31st July, 1866. I have the honor to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance in respect of the Act of your Government, No. 9, of 29th Victoria, " To facilitate the carrying on of business by Companies "incorporated in Great Britain," of which a copy accompanied your Despatch No. 8, of the 9th of January last. I have, &c, Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. CARNARVON.

No. 2. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. (No. 9.) Sir, — Downing Street, 3rd August, 1866. • I have the honor to transmit to you the annexed Order in Council, confirming the reserved Act of the Legislature of New Zealand, intituled, "An Act to amend the "Waste Lands Act, 1858, so far as it affects the Province 11 of Hawke's Bay." I have, &c., Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. CARNARVON.

No. 3. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. (No. 13.) Sir, — Downing Street, 21st August, 1866. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 41, of the Bth May last, enclosing a very clear and specific statement from Dr. Eeatherston, respecting the purchase of the Waitotara Block. Judging from the statements now before me, I see no reason to conclude that the sale was an improper one, and as the matter is one over which the Imperial Government now claims no control, I see no reason for pursuing any further inquiry into it. Mr. Eield's letter of the 7th September, 1865, was laid before Parliament by Mr. Cardwell, with other papers received at the same date, and a similar course will be taken with Dr. Eeatherston's statement. I have, &c., Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. CARNARVON.

No. 4. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B. (No. 15.) Sir,— Downing Street, 23rd August, 1866. I have heen apprised hy the Archbishop of Canterbury that it is desired