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No. 6. The Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to Governor the Hon. Sir A. H. Gordon. Sir,— Downing Street, Bth March, 1882. With reference to my Despatch General of the 13th of October last, I have the honor t« transmit to you a copy of a further letter from the Foreign Office, enclosing a copy of a letter from the United States Minister at this Court, expressing the appreciation of the American people of the sympathy afforded to them by the Government of New Zealand on the death of President Garfield. I have, &c, Governor the Hon. Sir A. H. Gordon, G.C.M.G., &c. Kimberley.

Enclosure in No. 6. The Foreign Office to the Colonial Office. Sir,— Foreign Office, 3rd March, 1882. I am directed by Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, t« be laid before Her Maiesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, copy of a letter from the United States Minister at this Court, expressing the appreciation of the American people of the sympathy afforded to them by the Government of New Zealand on the death of President Garfield. I am, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Tenterden.

Sub-Enclosure to Enclosure in No. 6. Mr. J. E. Lowell to Earl Granville. Mx Lord, — Legation of the United States, London, 27th February, 1882. I have the honor to acquaint you that I have to-day received a Despatch from Mr. Frelinghuysen, dated on the 11th instant, enclosing the copy of a telegram which was delivered at Washington last September to the President of the United States, expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, with the people of the United States of America in their grief at the death of President Garfield, a calamity which the cable message goes on to state was to be deplored by every English-speaking community throughout the world, and I havelto add that the President desires me, in acknowledging through the proper channel the receipt of this telegram, to convey to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand an expression of the sad satisfaction which this kind and touching message of condolence has afforded the President and the American people. I beg to ask your Lordship to be kind enough to transmit this assurance to the authorities of the colony. I have, &c., The Earl Granville, K.G. J. R. Lowell.

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