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7. It is very desirable that the mode of procedure in the colonies should he, as far as possible, uniform, due regard being had to the exigencies of any particular colony, and as this New Zealand legislation may form the model for other colonies, it is important that any doubt as to the meaning and operation of the Bill should be removed. 8. Under these circumstances I have to request that you will bring this despatch under the consideration of your Ministers, and suggest to them the expediency of amending the Bill by introducing special clauses similar, mutatis mutandis, to the 7th and Bth sections of the Imperial Act, which I cannot doubt will be found to work satisfactorily in the colony. Your Ministers will, however, consider whether it would not be sufficient to enact that the duties imposed upon Police Magistrates by the Imperial Act shall be performed by Commissioners appointed by the Governor under the New Zealand Act, as it is already provided by the Imperial Act that the Governor shall have all the powers of a Secretary of State. 9. I may add that the provision in section 3, as to Consuls, is unnecessary, as it is made by section 7 of "The Extradition Amendment Act, 1873." In the meantime I shall defer tendering any advice to Her Majesty upon this Bill. I have, &c, CARNARVON. Governor the Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson, Bart., &c. By Authority: Giobqb Didsbtjet, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB74. [Price 3d.]