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DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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No. 54. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 68.) Downing Street, 10th June, 1869. g IR (Beceived at Wellington, 10th August, 1869.) I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 38, of the 24th March, reporting the trial and execution of a Native named Whakamau for murder. I am, &c, FREDERIC ROGERS Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (for Earl Granville).

. No. 55. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 70.) Downing Street, 14th June, 1869. gill (Beceived at Wellington, 10th August, 1569.) With reference to my Despatch No. 61, of 21st ultimo, I have the honor to transmit to you for your information a copy of a letter from the War Office on the subject of the sale of gunpowder and stores belonging to the Imperial Government in New Zealand. I have, &c, FREDERIC ROGERS Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (for Earl Granville).

Enclosure in No. 55. Sir H. Storks to the Undee Seceetaet of State, Colonial Office. Sib,— War Office, 9th June, 1869. In reference to your letter of the 21st May, enclosing copy of a Despatch from the Government of New Zealand, relative to the sale of gunpowder and other stores belonging to the Imperial Government in that Colony, I am directed to express Mr. Cardwell's regret that any sale of stores should have been undertaken in New Zealand before the Colonial Government had been communicated with, and to acquaint you, for the information of Earl Granville, that, in accordance with His Lordship's suggestion, the General Officer Commanding Her Majesty's forces in that Colony will be instructed to give the Colonial Government the option of purchasing, at a fair and moderate price, any gunpowder or other stores proposed for sale, before disposing of them to the general public. He will also be instructed to take care that no public sale takes place which may lead to the result apprehended by the Colonial Government, of putting arms into the hands of the insurgents. I have, &e, The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. 11. K. Stoeks.

No. 56. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl Granville, K.G., to Governor Sir G. P. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 71.) Downing Street, 15th June, 1869. g IR (Beceived at Wellington, 10th August, 1569.) I have to acknowledge your Despatch No. 42, of 30th March, reporting that you had received an announcement from His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, of his approaching visit to New Zealand, and that you had invited the friendly Maori Chiefs of the North to attend His Royal Highness at Auckland, and those of the South at Wellington. I have, &c., Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. GRANVILLE.