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define the connection between the home country and the Colony, to which I am glad to notice that your Ministers reiterate their attachment ? I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

No. 62. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. E. Bowex, G.C.M.G. (No. 31.) Sir,— Downing Street, 16th March, 1871. I have to acknowledge your Despatch No. 158, of 24th December, announcing the death of Te Puni, the chief of the clan of the Ngtiawas. I have informed the Queen of the death of this loyal subject, and Her Majesty has desired me to convey through you to the family and tribe of Te Puni the expression of her regret at his loss, and of the satisfaction with which she had been informed of the honor paid by the European settlers to the memory of their old and faithful friend. L IIJIVG &JO Governor Sir G. E. Bowen, G.C.M.G. ' KIMBERLEY.

No. G3. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. E. Bowex, G.C.M.G. (No. 33.) Silt, — Downing Street, 24th March, 1871. With reference to your Despatch No. 160, of the 31st December, forwarding a Ministerial Memorandum seeking information, through the Spanish Minister in London, respecting the culture and preparation of the Manilla hemp, • I transmit to you the enclosed copy of a letter from the Eoreign Office on the subject, together with a Blue Book containing a report which partly treats of thecultivation of hemp (p. 598). I have, &c, Governor Sir G. E. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

Mai-eh 17, 1871. Enc. in original.

Enclosure in No. C 3. Mr. Bcssell to the TJ^dee Seceetabt of State, Colonial Office. Sib,— Foreign Office, 17th March, 1871. With reference to your letter of the 6th instant, I am directed by Earl Granville to request that you will state to the Earl of Kimberley that Her Majesty's Consul at Manilla has been instructed to furnish all the information ho can collect with regard to hemp, as requested by the Flax Commission of New Zealand, and to send a duplicate of his report direct to the Governor of that Colony, if there is a tolerably speedy means of communication thither from Manilla. In the meantime I am to direct your attention to the report by Mr. Eicketts, at page 597* of the enclosed Blue Book, which partly treats of the cultivation of hemp. I have, &c., The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Odo Eussell.

'Extract printed with Report of , Flax Commission, 1871.

No. 64 Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowex, G.C.M.G. (No. 31.) Sin,— Downing Street, 24th March, 1871. With reference to your Despatch No. 87, of 24th July last, I have to inform you that a copy of the extract from Bishop Patteson's letter, which you enclosed, was communicated to the Foreign Office, and that extracts from it were sent by that Department to Mr. Marsh, Her Majesty's Consul at Eiji. I request that you will acquaint Bishop Patteson that this course has been taken. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. E. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE