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expected six months, I should be very willing to act as their agent after that period so long as I stayed there. If I am correct in the manner in which the Government proposes to pay me, I am ready to start for Europe within a few weeks from now. I have, &c, Fedor Kellinc. To the Honorable the Colonial Secretary,

No. 5. ' THE UNDER SECRETARY TO MR T.ELLTNG. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 20th December, 1562. Sir,— I am directed by Mr. Domett to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, on the subject of your proceeding to Europe, for the purpose of selecting emigrants for Taranaki, and to inform you that the construction put by you on the terms of his offer is the correct one. I have, &ft, W. GISBORNE, Under-Secretary. F. A. Kelling. tisq.. Nelson.

No. 6. THE HONOEABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, TARANAKI. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 6th December, 1862. Sir,— I have the honor to enclose a letter noted in the margin from Mr. Blaschke, offering his services in connexion with the introduction of any Prussian emigrants into this country, and I shall feel obliged if your Honor would favor me with your opinion of the character and qualifications of the writer. I have, &c, Alfred Domett. His Honor the Superintendent of Taranaki, New Plymouth.

Enclosure to No. 6". ME. BLASCHKE TO THE HONORABLE THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. New Plymouth, N. Z., December, 1862. Sir, — As the impression and hope exist that it is the intention of the Government to introduce Immigrants into this country, I beg to suggest that my compatriots are all trained to the use of arms and to military discipline, are brave, industrious, and sober people, and selected from the agricultural and forest classes, would form a body of Immigrants unequalled as settlers on the borders, with a military organization for defensive purposes. I shall be glad to be employed in this country or in my native land, to further the object of the Government. I was born at Breslau in Prussia, in 1815 ; and in passing through Basle at the time of the revolution, I volunteered and was wounded. I served as Lieutenant on the Rhine in our Landwher. I afterwards served three years and a half in Algeria, and left as a non-commissioned officer, and came to New Plymouth in 1848, as a settler for ten years. I was a bush settler in this Province and became naturalized, and was elected member of the Provincial Council; but my means proving unequal to the expense of purchasing my experience as a bush settler, and New Plymouth being in a depressed state at the time, I left Mrs. Blaschke and the children and

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