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No. 3. THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOUTHLAND, TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Superintendent's Office, Southland, ]st May, 1863. Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 10th of April, in which you inform me that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to assent to the following Ordinances of the Pro\incial Council of Southland, namely : 1. " The Bluff and Invercargill Railway Ordinance." 2. " The Debentures Ordinance." 3. " The Diversion of Roads Ordinance." 4. " The Appropriation Ordinance." Aud to express my thanks for the prompt communication of this intelligence. I have, &c, J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland.

No. 4. THE HONORABLE MR. WOOD TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOUTHLAND. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 17th April, 1863. Sir,— I have the honor to inform you that the Bills forwarded in your Honor's letter of the 6th ultimo, as per margin, and reserved by you for the signification of rhe Governor's pleasure thereon, have been laid before His Excellency, who has been pleased to assent to the same. I herewith return to you a copy of each of the Bills in question, with the Governor's assent duly noted thereon. ■I have, &c, Reader Wood, In the absence of Mr. Domett. His Honor the Superintendent, Southland.

No. 5. tHE SUPERINTENDENT, SOUTHLAND, TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Superintendent's Office, Southland, 11th May, 1863. Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th of April, enclosing copies of four Bills named on the margin, which were passed by the Provincial Council of Southland, aud informing me of the assent of His Excellency the Governor thereto. I have, &c, J. A. R. Menzies, Superintendent. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Auckland.

No. 6. THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOUTHLAND, TO THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Superintendent's Office, Southland, 19th October, 1863. I have the honor to enclose herewith certified copies of three Bills, nnraed on the margin, which have been passed by the Provincial Council of Southland, in its fifth session. I have already had the honor to give full explanations of the object of this work, and having received your assurauce that a Loan Bill for the purpose of raising funds to construct this Railway

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1. The Bluff and In vercargill Railway Ordinance. 2. The Debenture Ordinance. 3. The Diversion of Roads Ordinance. 4. The Appropriation Ordinance.

1. The Bluff and In vercargill Railway Ordinance. 2. The Debenture Ordinance. 3. The Diversion of Roads Ordinance. 4. The Appropriation Ordinance.

Oreti Railway Bill. Debentures Bill, No. 2. Appropriation Bill, No. 2.

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