TO THE GOVERNOR OE NEW ZEALAND.

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exercise her power of disallowance in respect of the following Acts of your Government, of which copies were forwarded in your Despatch No. 10, of the 12th of January last. No. 1. —An Act for amending the Law of Evidence and practice on Criminal Trials and for facilitating the despatch of business before Grand Juries. 10th August, 1866. No. 2. —An Act to amend the Law of Partnership. 10th August, 1866. No. 3. —An Act to amend and continue " The Arms Act, 1860." Ist September, 1866. No. 4. —An Act to amend " The Supreme Court Judges Act, 1858." Ist September, 1866. No. 5. —An Act for extending the jurisdiction of District Courts. Ist September, 1866. No. 6. —An Act to regulate the granting of Pensions to Officers and Men of the Colonial Forces for wounds or injuries received while on actual service and to the Widows and Families of the same in certain cases. 6th September, 1866. No. 7.—An Act to amend the Law for the recovery of Crown Debts and of Public Property. 6th September, 1866. No. B.—An Act to declare and amend the Law relating to Trials of Indictable Offences. 6th September, 1866. No. 10.—An Act to define and restrain Vagrancy. 6th September, 1866. No. 12. —An Act to amend "The Summary Procedure on Bills Act, 1862." 6th September, 1866." No. 13. —An Act to regulate the sale and keeping of certain Poisons. 6th September, 1866. No. 15.—An Act to validate certain Crown Grants of lands in the township of Newcastle, in the Province of Auckland. 6th September, 1866. No. 16. —An Act to validate certain Contracts entered into with Aboriginal Natives entitled to compensation under " The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," and " The New Zealand Settlements Amendment and Continuance Act, 1865." 4th October, 1866. No. 17.—An Act to amend the Law relating to Aliens. 4th October, 1866. No. 18. —An Act to amend the Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court. 4th October, 1866. No. 19. —An Act to amend the Law relating to the unlawful administration of Poison, and to other Offences against the Person. Bth October, 1866. No. 20. —An Act for the consideration and amendment of the Law relating to Crown Grants. Bth October, 1866. No. 21. —An Act to prevent persons from extorting money as a consideration for abstaining to bid for the purchase of Crown Land at Public Sales by Auction thereof. Bth October, 1866. No. 28.—An Act to amend " The Native Lands Act, 1865." Bth October, 1866. No. 29.—-An Act to amend "The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1863." Bth October, 1866. No. 30. —An Act to amend " The New Plymouth Exchanges Commission Act, 1865." Bth October, 1866. No. 32. —An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Gold Fields. Bth October, 1866. No. 33. —An Act to authorize the reservation and appropriation of Waste Lands of the Crown, in the Province of Nelson, for the construction of a Railway from the port of Nelson to the West Coast of the Province. Bth October, 1866. No. 34. —An Act to indemnify the Officers of the Colonial Treasury and others in respect of certain unauthorized payments out of Moneys raised under " The New Zealand Loan Act, 1863," and other Acts. Bth October, 1866. No. 35. —An Act to appropriate certain sums to be raised under " The New Zealand Loan Act, 1863," and other Acts. Bth October, 1866. No. 39.—An Act to sanction a certain Loan proposed to be raised by the Superintendent of Wellington. Bth October, 1866. No. 40. —An Act to sanction a certain Loan proposed to be raised by the