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DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE

tie guarantee under this Act, and the date of such payment; such certificate shall be communicated to the Governor of New Zealand, and shall be conclusive evidence of the amount having been so paid and of the time when the same was so paid. 8. The Treasury shall cause to be prepared and laid before both Houses of Parliament a statement of any guarantee given under this Act, and a copy of any accounts received by them respecting the expenditure of the said loan, and an account of all sums issued out of the Consolidated Eund of the United Kingdom for the purposes of this Act, within one month after the same are so given, received, or issued, if Parliament be then sitting, or if Parliament be not sitting, then within fourteen days after the then next meeting of Parliament.

No. 29. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 90.) Sir, — Downing Street, 7th October, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 91, of the 28th July, informing me of the course pursued with regard to the members of Te Kooti's band recently tried before the Supreme Court at Wellington, for levying war against the Queen. I am very glad to find that it has not been found necessary to execute any of these prisoners. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

No. 30. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 91.) Sir,— Downing Street, 10th October, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 84, of the 21st of July, forwarding Statistics relating to the Agricultural Progress of New Zealand. The increase of the number of acres under cultivation in 1870 as compared with the year 1869 is, as you observe, highly satisfactory. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

No. 31. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 92.) Sir, — Downing Street, 15th October, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 90, of the 27th of July, forwarding a copy of the Address with which, on the 23rd of that month, you opened the Session for 1870 of the New Zealand Institute, and enclosing two copies of the volume containing the Transactions and Proceedings of the Institute for 1869. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

No. 32. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 93.) Sir, — Downing Street, 17th October, 1870. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 97, of the 3rd of August, reporting on the events of the previous month, and enclosing