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No. 35. Copy of DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor the Right Hon. Sir J. Fergusson, Bart. (No. 3.) Sir, — Downing Street, 3rd March, 1874. I have the honor to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your Despatch No. 79, of the 4th of November last., viz.:— No. 2. —An Act to further alter and amend "The Customs Tariff Act,37Vict. " 1866." No. 23.—An Act to amend "The Steam Navigation Act, 1866," and "The " Steam Navigation Act Amendment Act, 1867." No. 29. —An Act to amend " The Merchant Shipping Acts Adoption Act " 1869." I may add, for the consideration of your Ministers, that the Board of Trade, to whom the Acts No. 23 and 29 were referred, have observed, with reference to No. 29, that the Act does not adopt the amendments in Imperial legislation contained in "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1873." I have, &c, CARNARVON. Governor the Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, Bart.

No. 36. Copy of DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor the Right Hon. Sir J. Fergusson, Bart. (No. 4.) Sir, — Downing Street, 4th March, 1874. I have the honor to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your Despatch No. 79, of the 4th of November, viz. :— No. 33.—" The Canterbury Waste Lands Act, 1873." No. 34.—An Act to amend " The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870." No. 40. —An Act to provide for the Resumption of Land for the purposes of Mining for Gold or Silver. No. 56. —An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Native Land Court and to Native Land. No. 57. —An Act to fix the Duties payable to Her Majesty in relation to the Alienation of Native Land, and to make provision for the Payment and Recovery thereof. No. 60. —An Act to make provision for the better Administration of Native Reserves throughout the Colony. I have, &c, CARNARVON. Governor the Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, Bart.

No. 37. Copy of DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor the Right Hon. Sir J. Fergusson, Bart. (No. 5.) Sir,— Downing Street, 4th March, 1874. I have much pleasure in transmitting to you the accompanying bronze medal, which has been awarded by the Committee of the Royal Humane Society to John McK. Geddes for having saved Mrs. M. Edgar from drowning at Tararu, New Zealand, on the 30th November, 1872. 4—A. 2.