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Enclosure 3 in No. 41. Papers relative to Impeeial Claims against the Government of New Zealand ; with Bemarks by the Commissioner.—B. No. sa.

No. 42. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.8., to the Right Hon. the Duke of Buckingham. (No. 68.) Government House, Wellington, My Lord Duke,— 26th July, 1867. Adverting to my Despatches of the numbers and dates noted in the margin, on the state of the Imperial and Colonial Accounts, I have the honor to transmit a copy of a Memorandum of my Responsible Advisers, in which they request me to forward a copy of a letter addressed to the Colonial Secretary by the Hon. Major Richardson, enclosing the schedules of the claims of this Colony against the Imperial Treasury, which were not previously sent to Mr. CommissaryGeneral Jones, together with an abstract statement of all these claims as received from the Colonial Treasury. I have, &c., His Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. G. GREY.

Enclosure 1 in No. 42. Copy of a Memorandum by Mr. Staftoed. Wellington, 25th July, 1867. The accompanying Letter, with its enclosures, from the Hon. Major Bichardson, appointed to investigate on the part of the Colony the claims and counter-claims of the Imperial and Colonial Governments, has been received, and is forwarded to His Excellency for transmission to the Bight Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies. For His Excellency the Governor. E. W. Staffoed.

Sub-Enclosures to Enclosure 1 in No. 42. No. 1. Letter from Major Bichardson to the Colonial Secretary, 15th July, 1867. No. 2. Page 35, Appendix F., (vide B. No. 5). No. 3. Pay of Transport Corps and Militia attached to Her Majesty's Commissariat, 1863. No. 4. Pay to Imperial Troops employed as a moveable column, 1863. No. 5. Allowance to Imperial Troops at Otago, 1862-3. No. 6. Pay to men of Boyal Artillery as a mounted corps. No. 7. Miscellaneous. No. 8. Taranaki Compensation—Mr. Commissioner Beckham's awards under the head of Military Claims. No. 9. Summary of further cost of Waikato Transport, 1864. No. 10. Waikato Transport Service—Cleaning the Biver. No. 11. Marine Insurance —Waikato Steamers, 1864. No. 12. Fire Insurance —Waikato Transport, 1864. No. 13. Interest on Commissioner's Account, Cost of Waikato Transport, 1864, at 7 per cent. No. 14. Summary of Cost of Waikato Transport, 1865,15t January to 31st July. No. 15. Memo. Marine Insurance, Waikato Steamers, 1865. No. 16. Total Amount of Credit for Freight and Fassage from Ist January to 31st July, 1865. No. 17. " Prince Alfred " Steamer, 1864, Cost. No. 18. " Prince Alfred " Steamer, 1865, Working Expenses. No. 19. Expenses incurred in maintaining prisoners on board the " Manukau," and in recapturing them after their escape therefrom, 1865-6. No. 20. Clothing supplied to men of the Boyal Artillery employed as a mounted corps. No. 21. Extract from record, Deputy Adjutant-General, 1584-63.

No. 13. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.8., to the Right Hon. the Duke of Buckingham. (No. 74.) Government House, Wellington, My Lord Duke, — sth August, 1867. I have the honor to transmit for your Grace's information a copy of letter addressed to my Private Secretary, on the 18th of June last, by tl Assistant Military Secretary; and with reference to the intimation that the Majo: 25