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No. 8. SUPERINTENDENT CANTERBURY TO THE HONORABLE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Superintendent's Office, Christchurch, Canterbury, N.Z., 11th January, 1864. Sir,— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the number and date quoted in the margin, informing me that His .Excellency the Governor had been advised to assent to the Bills noted in the margin and returning the same ; also informing me that His Excellency has withheld jhis assent to the " Eoads Districts Bill No. 2." I have, &c, S. Bealey, Superintendent. The Hon. The Colonial Secretary. OTAGO. No. 1. SUPERINTENDENT OTAGO TO THE HONOEARLE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Province of Otago, N.Z. Superintendent's Office, Dunedin, 20th November, 1863. Sir, — I do myself the honor to forward, in duplicate, the following Ordinances passed at the last Session of the Provincial Council of Otago, to which I have assented on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, viz..:— " The Otago Public Buildings Loan 1862," " Otago Harbor Loan 1862," and " Otago Loan 1862," " Coupons Signature Ordinance, 1863." " The Executive Council Amendment Ordinance, 1863." " The Bread Ordinance, 1863." " The Dunedin Waterworks Company Guaranteed Interest Ordinance, 1863." " The Otago Dock Company's Guaranteed Interest Ordinance, 1863." " The Distress Ordinance, 1863." li The Vaccination Ordinance, 1863." "The Waterman's Licensing Ordinance, 1863.." " The Sunday Observance Ordinance, 1863." " The Superintendent's Incorporation Ordinance, 1863." " The Appropriation Ordinance, 1863-G-i." " The Town and Country Police Ordinance Extension and Amendment Ordinance, 1863." Lxka Steam Navigation Ordinance, 1863." And Ker >sine and Paraffine Oils Ordinance, 1863." I also forward the following Ordinances which I have reserved for the signification of His Excellency's pleasure thereon, viz. : — The Mechanics' Institute Reserve Ordinance, 1863. The Otago Representation Ordinance, Amendment Ordinance, 1863. And The Port of Otago Marine Board Ordinar.ce, 1863. The delay which has taken place in submitting these Ordinances has been owing to the immense ■nress of business suddenly thrown upon the hands of the Government Printer, necessary to keep pace with the constantly increasing requirements of the Public Service in this Province. I have, &c, J. Hyde Harris, Superintendent. The Honorable The Colonial Secretary, Auckland. No. 2. THE HOITOBABIiE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO THE StU'ERLNTENDENT OTAGO. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 23rd December, 1863. Sift, — I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor's letter, No. 2731, transmitting certain Ordinances to which you have assented on behalf of the Governor, and certain other Ordinances which you have reserved for'the signification of His Excellence's pleasure thereon. There is no legal objection to the following Ordinances, to which you have assented, and they are left by His Excellency the Governor to their operation :— " The Otago Public Buildings Loan, 1862," " the Otago Harbor Loan, 1862," and " the Otago Loan, 1862," " Coupons Signature Ordinance, 1863." "The Executive Council Amendment Ordinance, 1863." " The Bread Ordinance, 1863." " The Dunedin Waterworks Company Guaranteed Interest Ordinance, 1863."

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