TO THE GOVERNOR OP NEW ZEALAND.

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Enclosure in No. 71. Earl G-eanville to Her Majesty's Consuls in the Pacific Islands. Sic,— Foreign Office, 6th April, 1871. I have to acquaint you that a Despatch, of which a copy is enclosed, has been addressed to the Governors of the Australian Colonies, requesting them to ascertain whether the Governments of those Colonies will be prepared to defray the expenses of proceedings taken with their concurrence in the Colonial Courts against persons guilty of the offence of kidnapping, or decoying Natives by fraud from Islands iv the Pacific. In the meantime, I have to instruct you not to incur any expense in detaining offenders of this description, or in sending them for trial before the Colonial Courts without a previous understanding that the cost will be defrayed by the Government of the Colony to which the offenders are to be sent. I am, &c, Her Majesty's Consuls in the Pacific Islands. GEANVILLE.

No. 72. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 48.) Sir,— Downing Street, 23rd May, 1871. I have to acknowledge your Despatch No. 22, of 13th March, enclosing a printed correspondence relative to the case Regina v. Barton, now pending before the Courts of New Zealand. I have also received your further Despatch No. 26, of 18th March, forwarding a letter upon the subject from the Colonial Secretary. I await the Ministerial Memorandum promised in your Despatch before expressing any opinion on this case. I have to add that Mr. Barton's letter has also been received. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

No. 73. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (General.) Sir, — Downing Street, 13th May, 1871. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of the 3rd February, No. 19, reporting that at that date you had not received any application for the Naval Cadetship intended for the Colony of New Zealand in the year 1871, and inquiring when the next Cadetship will fall to the Colony. In reply, I have to inform you that the Colony has no right to another nomination until 1874; but as occasionally lapsed Cadetships are at my disposal, I shall be happy to receive from you and to consider any recommendation which you may be enabled to make in favour of a candidate for a Cadetship in 1872. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY.

No. 74. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Right Hon. Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 46.) Sir, — Downing Street, 19th May, 1871. "With reference to the last paragraph of my Despatch No. 38, of Bth April, I transmit to you an Order of the Queen in Council, making provision and regulations for Appeals to Her Majesty in Council from the Appellate Court in New Zealand. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBERLEY. 11