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No. 62. THE DEPUTT SPEAKER, SOUTHLAND, TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. Council Chamber, Southland, 2nd August, 1864. I have the honor to enclose herewith a Memorial of the Provincial Council of Southland, adopted at a meeting held at the Court House, Invercargiil, on Tuesday the 2nd of August, 1864. I hare, &c, Waltur H. Pearson, Deputy Speaker. His Excellency Sir George Grey, X.C.8., &c, Auckland.

Enclosure in No. 62. The Memorial of the Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, in the Colony of New Zealand, in Council assembled. To His Excellency Sir George Gret, Knight, Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commandrr-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and ViceAdmiral of the same, &c, &c, &c. Certain Ordinances having been passed by the Provincial Council of this and other Provinces in this Colony, which have received the sanction of your Excellency, for the purpose of raising Loans by the sale ot Debentures, and the negotiation of these Loans in the London market being difficult because the securities possess simply a Provincial guarantee, and as other Ordinances of a like nature will h renuired to meet the necessities of the various Provinces, it is most desirable for the well-being, not nlv of the Provinces, but of the Colony as a whole, that such guarantee should be enlarged, and that the Colonial o-uarantee should be given to the same by Act of the General Assembly. And as the r,ppe«sities of°the Provinces immediately affected are very urgent, we would earnestly entreat your Excellency to summon the General Assembly to meet at the earliest practicable time, in order to take this matter into consideration. Also that your Excellency would be pleased to set apart, for the charges for interest and sinking fund on the Loans which may be thus guaranteed on behalf of any Province, such a sum as may be requisite from the Land and Customs Revenues of such Province, as they arise. And your Memorialists will ever pray. Walter H. Pearson, Deputy Speaker. Passed the Provincial Council of Southland this second day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Sixty-four. Aylmet? Clerk of Council,

No. 63. THE SUB-TREASURER, SOUTHLAND, TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOUTHLAND. Sub-Treasury, Southland, Ist August, 1864. Sir— I do myself the honor to enclose copy of a letter received from Auckland by last Mail, and to request that your Honor will have the goodness to cause me to be furnished with the return referred to in the latter part thereof, in order that it may be transmitted by me to Auckland, by the Mail which closes to-morrow, at 10 a.m. I have, &c, A. G. Elt.es, Sub -Treasurer. His Honor the Superintendent, Southland.

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