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2. Taxation of buildings: (a) The percentage on the annual value which the rate levied amounts to; (b) the total amount raised, the totals for local and national purposes being stated separately; (c) the percentage which the amount raised by taxation of buildings bears to the total taxation. Ordered, That the said address be presented to Her Majesty by such members of this House as are of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

No. 8. (Circular.) Sir,— Downing Street, 30th April, 1890. I have the honour to transmit herewith, for the information of your Government, copies of a memorandum, prepared in the Home Office for the information of Magistrates and Police authorities in England, as to procedure in extradition cases, and cases under " The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881." The memorandum is based on circulars which have been issued from time to time by that department, and, as regards the Fugitive Offenders Act, on instructions to the police issued shortly after the Act came into force. To this has been added information on various points on which inquiries are frequently made of the Home Office by police and prosecutors. I have, &c, KNUTSFOED. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. [Enclosure filed in Police Department, Government Buildings, Wellington.]

No. 9. (New Zealand, No. 21.) My Loed,— Downing Street, 7th May, 1890. I am directed by the Secretary of State to transmit to you, for communication to your Government, with reference to Lord Knutsford's circular despatch of the Bth of February, 1888, the document specified in the annexed schedule, on the subject of Imperial commissions for officers of colonial local forces. I have, &c, EOBEET G. W. HBEBEET. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. [Enclosure in New Zealand Gazette, 3rd July, 1890.]

No. 10. (New Zealand, No. 23.) My Loed, — Downing Street, 14th May, 1890. I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to inform you, with reference to your Despatch No. 17, of the 22nd of March, that the Queen's exequatur, empowering Mr. Jacques Felix de Lostalot Bachone to act as French Vice-Consul at Wellington, received Her Majesty's signature on the Bth instant, and that the notification of Her Majesty's approval of this appointment appeared in the Gazette of the 9th instant. I have, &c, EOBEET G. W. HEEBEET. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

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No. 11. (New Zealand, No. 24.) My Lobd,— Downing Street, 16th May, 1890. In reply to your Despatch No. 18, of the 24th of March, respecting the suitability of Point Elizabeth as a coaling-station, I have the honour to transmit to you, for communication to your Lordship's Government, a copy of a letter from the Admiralty on the subject. Your Lordship will no doubt inform Mr. Guinness of the purport of the Admiralty letter. I have, &c, KNUTSFORD. Governor the Eight Hon. the Earl of Onslow, G.C.M.G., &c.

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