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I may observe that the memoranda relating to the reserved Bills Nos. 53 and 54, referred to at the end of the report of the Solicitor-General, and giving the reasons requiring the reservation, were not forwarded to me with the Acts. I have, &c, Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, M. E. Hicks Beach. G.CM.G., &c, &c.

No. 32. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Sir M. E. Hicks Beach to Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby. (No. 28.) My Lord, Downing Street, 17th July, 1878. I have the honor to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the Act of the Legislature of New Zealand entitled No. 17 of 1877, " An Act to provide for Copyright in Works of Art, and for Repressing the Commission of Proud in the Production and Sale of such Works," a transcript of which accompanied your Despatch No. 1, of the Ith of January last. I have, &c, M. E. Hicks Beach. Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, G.C.M.G, &c, &c. By Authority: Geobge DidSbtjby, Government Printer, Wellington. —1878. Price Is. 3d.]