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No. 1. Sic,— Downing Street, 20th April, 1864. I have the honour to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise Her power of disallowance in respect of the following Acts of your Government which were forwarded in your Despatch No. 10 of the 6th of January last: — No. 1. An Act to annex Stewart's Island, in the Colony of New Zealand, to the Province of Southland. (3rd December, 1863.) No. 2. An Act to continue the "Arms Act, 1860" (Temporary). (3rd December, 1863.) No. 3. An Act to amend the " Nelson Trust Funds Act, 185-jJ" (3rd December, 1863.) No. 4. An Act to amend the " Colonial Defence Force Act, 1862." (3rd December, 1863.) No. 6. An Act to enable Superintendents of Provinces to take and hold Land as Bodies Corporate. (3rd December, 1863.) No. 13. An Act to prescribe the mode in which Lands shall be taken for Works and Undertakings of a Public nature. (14th December, 1863.) No. 14. An Act to enable the Governors of Nelson College to sell or exchange certain Trust Property vested in them by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled " Nelson College Trust Act, 1858." (14th December, 1863.) No. 15. An Act to extend the operation of " The Eeligious, Charitable, and Educational Trusts Act, 1856," to Freehold and Leasehold Property held by way of Mortgage. (14th December, 1863.) No. 16. An Act to amend " The Native Purposes Appropriation Act, 1862." (14th December, 1863.) No. 17. An Act to amend " The Miners' Eepresentation Act, 1862." (14th December, 1863.) No. 18. An Act to amend " The Secondary Punishment Act, 1854." (14th December, 1863.) No. 19. An Act to amend " The Sheriffs Act, 1858." (14th December, 1563.) No. 20. An Act for the amendment of " The Regulation of Elections Act, 1858." (14th December, 1863.) No. 21. An Act to repeal an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled " An Act for amending ' The Interpretation Act, 1858,' and for defining the time when Acts of the General Assembly shall come into operation." (14th December, 1863.) No. 22. An Act for the better Apprehension of Offenders who shall have escaped to parts within the Colony of New Zealand from any other of the Australasian Colonies. (14th December, 1863.) No. 23. An Act to enable the Governor to grant to the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland the Government-House Grounds in Auckland. (14th December, 1863.) No. 24. An Act to enable the Superintendent of Wellington to purchase a certain piece of Land near the City of Wellington as a Site for the erection of a Patent Slip. (14th December, 1863.) No. 25. An Act to amend the Law relating to Juries. (14th December, 1863.) No. 26. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Registration of Deeds and Titles to Land. (14th December, 1863.) No. 27. An Act to authorise the issue of Crown Grants of certain Land situate at Tikokino, in the Province of Hawke's Bay. (14th December, 1863.) No. 30. An Act to amend " The Gold Fields Act, 1862." (14th December, 1863.) No. 33. An Act to extend and make compulsory the practice of Vaccination. (14th December, 1863.) No. 35. An Act to apply certain sums out of the Ordinary Revenue, and other Monies, to the service of the year ending the 30th day of June, 1864. (14th December, 1863.) No. 36. An Act for the Naturalization of certain Persons in the Colony of New Zealand. (14th December, 1863.) Private Acts. No. 1. An Act to amend an Act intituled "An Act to enable the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland to raise Money by the way of Debentures on security of the Harbour Endowments of the City and Port of Auckland." (14th December, 1863.) No. 2. An Act to enable the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland to construct a Railway between the Towns of Auckland and Drury, with a Branch to Onehunga in the said Province. (14th December, 1863.) No. 3. An Act to enable the Superintendent of the Province of Southland to make and maintain Branches or Extensions of the Bluff Harbour and Invercargill Railway, and for other purposes. (14th December, 1863.) I have, Ac., Edwahd Cabdwell. Governor Sir G. Grey, X.C.8., Ac., &c. No. 2. Sic,— . Downing Street, 22nd April, 1864. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having made application for the sums of £8, Bs. as due to the Captain, and £22, Is. to the Wardroom Officers of Her Majesty's Ship " Esk " for the

DESPATCHES FROM THE RIGHT HON. EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P. TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GREY, K.C.B.