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Enclosure 6 in No. 4. Hon. Minister for Immigration to Mr. Claydex. Sir, — Immigration Office, Wellington, sth December, 1885. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th November, replying to mine of the 25th, in which I informed you that it had been decided by cabinet to offer you an appointment as lecturer for 12 months, on similar terms to those on which you were appointed in 1879, viz., payment of £200 for a period of 12 months, in addition to the cost of saloon passage for yourself and wife to London. You state that the sum paid to you on that occasion for expenses was £250, and you suggest that, as travelling is expensive in the United Kingdom, the amount proposed to be allowed to you should be increased to £300, with an addition of £25 for the purchase of photographic views. In reply, I have to inform you that, under the circumstances, the Government is prepared to increase the sum proposed to be allowed you to £300 for one year, but this amount must include the cost of advertising, hire of halls for lectures, purchase of photographic views, and all other expenses incidental to your appointment, except the cost of passages for yourself and wife from the Colony. I have, &c, J. Ballance, Arthur Clayden, Timaru. Minister for Immigration.

No. 7. The Hon the Minister for Immigration to the Agent-General. (Memorandum.) Immigration Department, Wellington, 31st December, 1885. In continuation of memorandum (No. 129) of the sth inst., I forward herewith copies of further correspondence, which has taken place with Mr. Olaydai, relating to his appointment as lecturer in the United Kingdom. Edward Richardson, The Agent-General for New Zealand, London. For the Minister for Immigration.

Enclosure No. 1 to N0..7. Me. A. Olayden to the Hon. the Minister of Immigration. Sir,— Nelson, 14th December, 1885. I have to acknowledge with thanks your courteous reception of my suggestions re my emigration mission in England. I will hold myself in readiness to go as soon as you may deem it desirable, and would respectfully suggest that an early boat be chosen. I notice that the "Tainui," of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, leaves about January 15th, and one of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers, " Ruapehu," I believe, on the 14th. If it is your pleasure that I should go by either of these boats, perhaps you will give instructions for tickets from Nelson to London to be forwarded to me here. I may perhaps be allowed to suggest that in your instructions to the Agent-General, you allow him some little discretionary power in the matter of advertising, I have always laid great stress on my use of the Press at home, generally securing from half a column to a column of report of my lectures, a carefully prepared digest of the same. To secure this I have to advertise liberally. During my last visit to England, I more than once applied to the Agent-General for assistance in advertising, but only to receive the stereotyped "non possumus." The letter which you were good enough to give me, when I went Home last year, to the Agent-General, only requested Sir F. D. Bell to render me any general assistance in his power. He interpreted that rather adversely for me, so that, as a matter of fact, I received little or no help from him. As lam very anxious to make my mission a success, I shall feel obliged by your so wording your instructions that the Agent-General may find himself at liberty to accord me such assistance in the matter of advertising, as the special circumstances of the hour may appear to demand. I understand from Messrs. Wheeler, the eminent photographers of Christchurch, that they have prepared a series of lantern views of the Colony, for the London Colonial Exhibition next year. I would submit for your consideration, whether it might not be worth your while to suggest to Dr. Von Haast, the utilising of my services in connection with those views. I should have been happy to have given my services as secretary of the commission, but, of course, you have made your arrangements. 1 need not say that it will be my endeavour during my year's service to render the Colony unstinted devotion. I have, &c, The Hon. Mr Ballance. Arthur Clayden. P.S.—I have taken the liberty of enclosing one or two of my English Press communications. The " Christain World " I use rather freely, as it reaches all the best middle class homes of the United Kingdom. The " Birmingham Daily Post," the " Bristol Mercury," the " Scotsman," the " Glasgow Morning Herald," the " Aberdeen Free Press" are also among my friends of the Press. By means of these large circulating papers, not to say anything of the London dailies, I can reach everyone worth reaching.

Enclosure No. 2 to No. 7. The Hon. the Minister of Immigration to Me. Clayden. Sir, — Immigration Office, Wellington, 22nd December, 1885. I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, stating that you will hold yourself in readiness to proceed to London for the purpose of lecturing on the subject of emigration to New Zealand, and requesting that the Agent-General may be instructed to render you some assistance towards advertising in the United Kingdom.