PAPERS RELATIVE TO A GIFT BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1869 Session I, D-04

D.—No. 4.

PAPERS RELATIVE TO A GIFT BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OE HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON. 1869.

D.—No. 4,

PAPERS IN REFERENCE TO THE PRESENTATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, OE " LEAVES EROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS."

No. 1. Sir Geobge Geey, X.C.8., to the Hon. E. W. Staeeoed. Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W., Sic,— 26th March, 1869. The Queen has been graciously pleased to present to the Library of the General Assembly of New Zealand a copy of " Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands;" and at the same time I have been informed that Her Majesty expects that I will convey the gift of this book to the General Assembly Library in the most appropriate manner. I have thought that I should best fulfil this pleasing duty by transmitting the book to you through the Agent for New Zealand, which I have done, and by acquainting you with the interest which the Queen has evinced in the Library of the General Assembly, an interest which, I am well aware, will command the gratitude of both Houses of that Assembly. I have, &c, The Hon. the Premier, Wellington, New Zealand. G. Geey.

No. 2. The Hon. E. W. Staeeoed to Sir Geoege Geey, K.C.B. (No. 87.) Colonial Secretary's Office, Sic,— Wellington, 27th May, 1869. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th of March last, stating that the Queen had been graciously pleased to present, through yourself, to the General Assembly Library of New Zealand, a copy of " Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands," and that you had transmitted the Book through the Agent in London for this Colony. I have great pleasure in stating that the Book has been received and duly forwarded to the Library. Copies of your letter will be presented to both Houses of the General Assembly, who, I feel certain, will express in a fitting manner their sense of the interest which Her Majesty has evinced in their Library by the presentation to it of this work. I have, &c, E. W. Staeeoed. Sir George Grey, X.C.8., Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W., London.

No. 3. The Hon. E. W. Staeeoed to the Chaibhan" of the General Assembly Library. (N0.414.) Colonial Secretary's Office, Sic,— Wellington, 27th May, 1869. I have the honor to enclose a copy of " Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands," which Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to present to the Library of the General Assembly, and which has been received from Sir George Grey, X.C.8., late Governor of New Zealand, to whom it was intrusted by Her Majesty's direction for transmission. I have to request you to be good enough to acknowledge the receipt of this book. I have, <&c, E. W\ Staeeoed. The Chairman of the General Assembly Library, Wellington.

No. 4. The Chaieman of the General Assembly Library to the Hon. E. W. Staffoed. Library of the General Assembly of New Zealand, Sic,-— ' Wellington, 29th May, 1869. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th instant, accompanied by a copy of the Queen's book, entitled " Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands," graciously presented by Her Majesty to the Library, and containing Her Majesty's autograph. The Committee of the library will doubtless fully appreciate this mark of Her Majesty's consideration and condescension, which, I presume, will be suitably acknowledged by the Legislature during the Session. I have, &c, Alfeed Domett, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Chairman of Acting Committee.