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THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT V. NEW ZEALAND.

(From the New Zealand Advertiser, 3rd April.) A Blue Book, containing despatches relative to New. Zealand affairs, was laid before both Houses of the Imperial Parliament in February , shortly after their opening. These despatches are in continuation of papers presented to tbe Houses in June, 1865, and contain correspondence between Sir George Grey and Mr Cardwell, with a voluminous quantity of enclosures. Many of these despatches have already been read by the New . Zealand public, but there are some of vital importance which have not yet seen the light here. "We cannot in this day's issue attempt to do more than glance at a few of them. Amongst these we notice the petition from • the Hawke's Bay settlers against separation inthe early part of last year; correspondence relative to the murder of Mr Yolkner; that unfortunate correspondence between his Excellency and General Cameron, which appears to have been only put a decided stop to on the 20th January last, when Mr Cardwell writes to Sir George Grey, and says that he concurs with Lord de Grey in thinking that it should cease, and that therefore it only remains for him to say that it is his desire that the correspondence on this subject be now considered at an end. On the subject of the withdrawal of . the troops, Mr Cardwell writes very strongly ; and, at times, very vtnjustly. On the 25 th September he writes to Sir George Grey, that if he knew that in the opinion of the officer commanding the troops the measures respecting the confiscation of land would render the withdrawal of any portion of the troops ,im- - possible, and had stated so earlier, much mischief might have been avoided. Again, on the 27th November, he says, " 1 have repeatedly declared to you the wish of her Majesty's Government that the policy embodied in the resolutions of the New Zealand Assembly of December, 1864, may be completely carried into eifect. I trust, therefore, that nothing, will have occurred to vary this policy on the part of you Ministers, or to make ihem desire to retain in New Zealand these three battalions and one battery, or any smaller portion of the force. In order, however, to guard against the risk which might attend an altered state of circumstances in your colony, and to pro-, vide for .a consequent possible change in the views of your Ministers, her Majesty's Government have thought it prudent still to entrust you with the power of retaining in the colony three battalion--' aud one battery, if it shall be the wish of your Ministers and the Assembly to make the appropriation for them, in this event, it wai be your duty to communicate your determination to General Chute, and forthwith to convene the Assembly, if aot then in session, and obtain the appropriation. It is the fixed purpose of her Majesty's Government that no Imperial troops saall remain in New Zealand for whom this appropriation shall not have been made." Another despatch, of tho 2uth December, speaks equally strongly ou the subject, and. also on the question or' payment fpr inland transport. We must refer more at length to these despatches in another issue. The financial statement of the late Colonial Treasurer was submitted by Mr Cardwell to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury for examination, and on the subject of the £500,000 in colonial deuentures remitted home as part payment of the debt due by the colony to the Imperial Government, they report that they decline to take these debentures as anything but collateral security at the -rate at which they were then selling, twenty per cent. discount, and not at par by any means. The 5685,891, "admitted error ' in our favor is by no means admitted, and it is said by the Commissary- General to be, so far as he is aware, one properly chargeable to the colony, and there is an oid outstanding account of £67,927 ss. 9d., for Eeneibles which their Lordships think ought now to be pressed upon the colony. There are also other items to be charged against us, which would show that our account with the Imperial Government did not by any means stand in a good light on the resignation of the late Ministry. The Home Government is bent upon extracting the last farthing from the colony that it can, and every ' hour shows more clearly that no wiser step has bt=en taken of iate years than that of Mr Stafford in sending home a 1 counter-claim, a great portion of which is made up of absoiute disbursement on account of Imperial troops, and thereby ■ showing that we no longer intend to be the orauge for our fatherland to extract ali the juice from.

We notice in the Southern Cross of the ls-ith, that a machine for cleaning the iias after th<* toiling process has been made by Messrs Fraser I and Thine, of Auckland. The Cross says: — "It 3 is a very simple machine, consisting of a pair of i, Horizontal rollers, acting . on each other, aud ■ burned by hand. The pressure between the y rollers, is sufficient to remove the green substance - encasing the hbre, and without injuring it in aay t way. Samples of llai, prepareu by this maciiine, ii may be seen at cur pubiialuug office to-day." 1 On Wednesday evening, 2nd May, a tea-meeting and public meeting was held in the School-room i- oi St. Paul's Church, in aid of the Ladies' Benevor lent Society. It was one of the most tempestu,l ous nights that has yet been experienced tibia winter, still the attendance was good, over one d hundred persons being present, and the refresh- )' mejuts abuudaDt. The pubhc meeting was to an J extent marred by the beating of the rain upon the roof of the room, but the whole aiTair parsed '" off in a satisfactory manner. The hidifs of the ts Society axe beyond praise, they have worked inlt defadgably for the benefit of the poor and needy, "■■' an.: * a ave been the means of relieving much distress. "We understand the funds of the Society 7 are now low, aud we hops that ah classes of tbe 'ji community will unite to augment thorn. •" The Southland Dramatic Club purpose, at an 8r early date, to give another pbaritaple performance; ly *w e -would suggest that jt should be jfor th*? Lj&es' jjeueyoiwt Society* , .

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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 252, 4 May 1866, Page 3

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THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT V. NEW ZEALAND. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 252, 4 May 1866, Page 3

THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT V. NEW ZEALAND. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 252, 4 May 1866, Page 3

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