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No. 13. The Hon. J. Macandrew to the Hon. Sir J. Eichardson, M.L.C. (Telegram.) 9th April, 1878. Government is glad that you will continue to act as member of Waste Lands Board. No doubt it would have been proper, before removing Eanger, to have conferred with Board. That this was not done must be attributed to inadvertency, not to any intention to cast slight on Board. Our desire is to see that the deferred-payment conditions are rigidly enforced, and the law administered impartially without favour or affection —a desire which we feel sure animates yourself and the other members of the Board as much as it does the Government. J. Macandrew.

No. 14. The Hon. Sir J. Eichardson, M.L.C, to the Hon. J. Macandrew. (Telegram.) 10th April, 1878. I am obliged to the Government for their courteous consideration of my communication, and have officially requested the Board to return my letter resigning my seat. J. Eichardson. By Authority : G-eoege Didsbitb¥, G-oyernment Printer, Wellington. —1878. Price 6d.]