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No. 18. Copy of a LETTER from Sir Erederic Rogers, Bart., K.C.M.G., to the Under Secretary of State for War. Sir, — Downing Street, sth January, 1870. I am directed by Earl Granville to transmit to you, to be laid before Mr. Secretary Cardwell, a copy of a letter which his Lordship has received from Sir George Grey. With reference to Colonel Weare's statements, quoted by Sir George Grey as having been confidentially received by this office and assumed by him to be correct, Lord Granville is informed that the substance of those statements was at once communicated officially to the Civil and Military authorities in New Zealand, and that when Colonel Weare was called on to substantiate them, he withdrew them. The " evidence " of the truth of those statements, said by Sir George Grey to have been " offered to be furnished" to the Colonial Office, consisted in the statements thus withdrawn by the officer who made them. With regard to the words "so far as the Colonial Office has permitted it (the correspondence) to be made public," Lord Granville is informed that every Paper officially communicated to this department has been printed for Parliament. I have, &c, The Under Secretary of State for War. EREDERIC ROGERS.

No. 19. Copy of a LETTER from Sir Erederic Rogers, Bart., K.C.M.G., to the Under Secretary of State for War. Sir, — Downing Street, 7th January, 1870. I am directed by Earl Granville to transmit to you, for the consideration of Mr. Secretary Cardwell, a copy of a Despatch from the Governor of New Zealand, with its enclosures, showing the gallant service performed by Cornet Angus Smith, of the Colonial forces, formerly Colour-Sergeant in the 93rd Highlanders. Lord Granville will be glad if Mr. Cardwell should feel at liberty, under the circumstances represented, to direct a re-issue to Cornet Smith of his Crimean and Turkish medals. I have, &c, The Under Secretary of State for War. EREDERIC ROGERS.

No. 20. Copy of a LETTER from Sir Erederic Rogers, Bart., K.C.M.G., to the Under Secretary of State for War. Sir, — Downing Street, 7th January, 1870. With reference to your letter of 31st July last, and to previous correspondence respecting the disposal, on the withdrawal of the Imperial troops from New Zealand, of lands granted to the War Department by the Government of that Colony, I am directed by Earl Granville to transmit to you, for the consideration of Mr. Secretary Cardwell, a copy of a Despatch from the Governor, in answer to the Despatch in which the contents of your letter of 31st July were communicated to him. I have, &c, The Under Secretary of State for War. EREDERIC ROGERS.

No. 21. Copy of a LETTER from the Under Secretary of State for War to the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sir,— War Office, 13th January, 1870. With reference to the letter from the Assistant Under Secretary of State for the Colonies of the 29th ultimo, and its enclosures, relative to the proposed 19

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AND THE GOVERNOR OE NEW ZEALAND.

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