1874. NEW ZEALAND.

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.

No. 1. Copy of DESPATCH from the Right Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to Governor the Right Hon. Sir J. Fergusson, Bart. (No. 31.) Sir, — Downing Street, 13th May, 1873. I transmit to you copy of a letter from the Horse Guards, with a copy of May 3,1873. the correspondence enclosed in it, respecting a claim preferred by Andrew Trainor to a medal for services stated to have been rendered by him during the war in New Zealand. I request that you will cause inquiries to be made with a view to ascertain whether the claim is correct. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government KIMBERLEY. of New Zealand.

Enclosure in No. 1. Colonel Jenyns to the Undee Seceetaey of State for the Colonies. (No. 198.) Sic,— Horse Guards, "War Office, S.W., 3rd May, 1873. By desire of His Eoyal Highness the Eield-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, I have the honor to forward herewith copy of a correspondence which has taken place relative to a claim preferred by the man named in the margin to a medal for services stated to have been rendered by him in the Commissariat Transport Corps during the war in New Zealand. It will be seen that every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy 'of the claim, but the name of the applicant cannot be traced in any of the records preserved in this Department. The man, by his letters, appears to have served, prior to joining the 13th company, Commissariat Transport Corps, in the Ist "Waikato Regiment, and as it is probable his case is one of those coming under the cognizance of the Colonial authorities, I am to request you will be so good as to cause the enclosed copy of correspondence to be furnished, together with a copy of this letter, to the Government of New Zealand, who may probably be able to ascertain whether the claim is correct. I have, &c, Soame. G. Jenyns, Colonel, The Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. Assistant Adjutant-General. Sub-Enclosure 1 to Enclosure in No. 1. Andeew Teainoe to Assistant Commissary-General Bailey. Sic, — Shortland, Bth January, 1872. Having carefully examined the list of names certified by you as having served in the Commissariat Transport Corps, I am unable to see my name therein, although I served in the 13th company of Water Transport, under command of Captain Buck, until the company was broken up. I—A. 2.

Andrew Trainor. •