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Enclosure 3 to No. 12. SIE GEOEGE OBEY, K.C.B., TO CAPTAIN SULLIVAN, E.N. Government House, Auckland, 27th February, 1863. So,— Adverting to my letter to you of this day's date, in which I applied to you for passages, for myself and suite, I have now the honor to inform you that it is essential that the Colonial Secretary, the Honorable Alfred Domett, and the Minister for Native Affairs, the Honorable Mr. Bell, should also proceed to Taranaki on the public service. I should therefore be much obliged to you if you could at the same time grant passages to these gentlemen in the Ship under your command. I have, &c, G. Geey. Captain Sullivan, K.N., Senior Naval Officer.

Enclosure 4 to No 12. SIE GEOEGE GBET, K.C.B., TO THE HONOEABLE LIEUTENANT-GENEBAL CAMEBON, C.B. Taranaki, March 11th, 1863. Sib,— It being of great importance for the future security of this settlement that the Southern road from the Town of New Plymouth now in process of construction, should with as little delay as possible be completed as far as the boundary of our land at Poutoko, I have the honor to request that you will permit the Troops to be at once employed in completing that portion of this road widen lies between Omata and Poutoko. I have, &c, G. Geet. The Honorable Lieut.-General Cameron, C.B.

Enclosure 5 to No. 12. SIE GEOEGE GBEY, K.C.B., TO CAPTAIN SULLIVAN, E.N. Taranaki, 15th March, 1863. Sib,— I have the honor to acquaint yon that a series of movements have been entered on here, for the purpose of enabling the Settlers to occupy their lands in the Southern District of this Settlement, which will render it necessary that a reinforcement should reach this place from Auckland •with as little delay as possible ; in fact, so much has been undertaken on the reliance of the speedy arrival of a reinforcement, that not an hour should be lost in attaining this expected aid. I have the honor therefore to request, that you will under the circumstances, aid us by conveying the Lieut.-General and his Staff to Manukau, and by, if possible, giving a passage to a reinforcement of two hundred men, returning to this place with them, with as little delay as possible. I have, &c, G. Geet. Captain Sullivan, K.N., Commanding H.M.S. "Harrier," Senior Naval Officer.

No. 13. copy of DESPATCH fbosi govebnoe sie geoege geey, k.c.b., to his geace the duke of NEWCASTLE, K.G. Taranaki, April 26th, 1863. My Lord Duke, — I have the honor to state that two clays after my arrival here, I was shown by the Colonial Secretary a memorial addressed by some of the inhabitants of this Province to Her Majesty. I had not before seen or read that memorial, nor did I until that time know anything of its contents. 2. Two points in it appeared to me to require particular notice ; the one, a statement that I had been forbidden by the Natives to make roads on land the property of the Crown, a statement which, in as far as I am concerned, was not correct. The other, was a statement regarding the wreck of a vessel named the " Lord Worsley."

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DESPATCHES FROM GOVERNOR SIR G. GREY