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ascertain from the Bank at four o'clock the state of the applications, and to telegraph without delay the result. I hope you will believe that I never lost sight of the desire for information you naturally felt, for I have myself experienced the same feeling. During the time that the state of public affairs forbade our entering the market I was never without anxiety at the delay forced upon us. I have, &c, Julius Yogel, The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington. Agent-General.

No. 29. The Hon. Mr. Ballance to the Loan Agents. Gentlemen, — New Zealand Treasury, Wellington, 15th August, 1878. Referring to the loans of one and two and a half millions recently negotiated, I have the honor to request that you will be good enough to forward specimens of the different denominations of bonds issued under each Act, for record in this department. I have, &c, The Agents for New Zealand Loans, London. J. Ballance.

By Authority : George Didsbtjry, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7B. Price 9d.]