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The following tenders were accepted during the past month: 756 tons steel rail-; and fastenings, 2,917 tons steel rails and fastenings, stationery ordered by Public Works (memo. 64/77). Despatches from the colony via San Francisco, and dated up to the 22nd September, were received at this office on the sth November. I have, &c., The Hon. the Minister for Immigration, Julius Vogel, Wellington. Agent-General.

No. 13. The Agent-General to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. (No. 908.) 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., Sir,— 24th September, 1877. I have the honor to direct your attention to the difficulty which is experienced in dealing with nominated cases during the period of the suspension of free emigration. The persons nominated receive the usual communications from their friends, that their nomination has been prima facie approved by the Government, and some of them at once communicate with this office, desiring to be informed when they can proceed to the colony. I would venture to suggest that I receive authority to make arrangements, so that, at all events, nominated families and single men can, if approved, take their passages at any time during the year. They might be allowed, for instance, to proceed, should they elect to do so, by ordinary passenger

Enclosure in No. 1 j. Eettjrn showing Num' ier of Emigrants (Statute Adults) November (both inclusive), tent to New Zeal: 1877. md from June to 1,350. 350. 1,700. 400. 400. Otago. BlUTE. Canteebuey. Wellingti Auckland. IN. Ships. Nos. Adults. Ships. Nos. Adults Ships. Nos. Adults. Ships. Nos. Adults. Ships. Nos. Adults James Nicol Fleming Waipa Canterbury Oamaru (via Bluff) Piako Wellington... 218* 191* 240 182 146 272 Marlborough Oamaru 171* 58* Waitangi ... Eangitikei ... Bakaia Opawa Hereford Carnatic Wanganui ... 226* 249* 273 252 288 177 221* Waimate Wairoa Hurunui Gainsborough Hereford 38* 175* 170* 78* 5* Otaki Apelles Hereford 194* 212 1 Total ... Total ... 468* Total 407* Total 230 Total ... 1,687* 1,250 400. 100. 100. 100. 100. Hawke's Bay. Tabanaki, Nelson. Marlbokotji lH. Westland. Ships. Nos. Adults. Ships. Nos. Adults Ships. Nos. Adults. Ships. Nos. Adults. qv. „ Nos. ShlPs- Adults Ships. Hataura Renfrewshire 3-ainsborough 161J 181* 15* 358* Hurunui 79* Waitara Gainsborough Hereford 93 17 2 Waitara Gainsborough 46* 46 Waitara Gainsborough Hereford 52* 63 4 Total Total 79* Total ... Total ... 92* Total ... 119* 112 'ote. —The figures at the top p of columns are the numbers ordered to o be sent to the ports of New Zealand named therein. Summary. Otago... Bluff ... Canterbury Wellington Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Nelson Marlborough . Westland Ordered. Sent. 1,350 1,250 350 230 1,700 1,687£ 400 468! 400 407! 400 358| 100 79* 100 112 100 92| 100 119! 5,000 4,805! 1st December, 1877. Walter Kennaway, Secretary to the Department.