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WELLINGTON. No. 13. His Honor the Superintendent, Wellington, to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Sir, — Superintendent's Office, Wellington, 15th May, 1875. I do myself the honor to forward through you, for His Excellency the Governor, the following Acts, passed by the Provincial Council of Wellington during their present Session (XXVIII.), to which I have assented on His Excellency's behalf, viz.: — " An Act to appropriate the Revenue of the Province of Wellington for a Term commencing on the first day of April, 1875, and ending on the thirty-first day of May, 1875;" " An Act to authorize the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington to sell part of the Wellington Harbour Reserves to the Corporation of the City of Wellington; " " An Act to amend an Act of the Provincial Council of the Province of Wellington intituled ' The Wanganui Reserves Management Act, 1874;'" "An Act to bring 'The Municipal Corporations Waterworks Act, 1872,' into operation in and for the Borough of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington; " " An Act to enable the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington to sell Town Acre No. 671, in the City of Wellington, to be used for a Site for a Church;" " An Act to authorize the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington to sell a certain Block of Land in the City of Wellington; " " An Act to regulate the System of Impounding in Districts proclaimed under ' The Local Boards Act, 1873;" " An Act to appropriate the Revenue of the Province of Wellington for the period commencing the first day of April, 1875, and ending the thirty-first day of March, 1876;" "An Act to provide for the Qualification of Members of the Wellington Education Board." I have reserved for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor, — " An Act to provide for the Management of the Sandon Public Park Reserve." I have, &c., William Fitzherbert, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Superintendent.

No. 14 The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to His Honor the Supeintendent, Wellington. Sir, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 2nd June, 1875. I have received your Honor's letter of date loth May ultimo, covering the undermentioned Acts, passed during the late session of the Wellington Provincial Council, viz.:— " The Ad Interim Appropriation Act, 1875;" " The Wellington Harbour Reserves Sale Act, 1875;" " The Wanganui Reserves Management Act 1874 Amendment Act, 1875 ;" " The Municipal Corporations Waterworks Act (Wellington) Adoption Act, 1874;" "The Wellington Church of England Site Sale Act, 1875 ; " " The Wellington Land Sale Act, 1875; " " The Local Districts Impounding Act, 1875 ;" " The Appropriation Act, 1875;" " The Wellington Education Act 1871 Amendment Act, 1875;" " The Sandon Public Park Management Act, 1875." His Excellency the Governor has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts, notification of which will be made in the next New Zealand Gazette, viz.:— " The Ad Interim Appropriation Act, 1875 ;" "The Municipal Corporations Waterworks Act (Wellington) Adoption Act, 1874;" "The Wellington Land Sale Act, 1875 ;" '• The Wellington Church of England Site Sale Act, 1875 ;" " The Local Districts Impounding Act, 1875;" " The Appropriation Act, 1875 ; " or "The Wellington Education Act Amendment Act, 1875." Upon the subject of objections to the Wellington Harbour Reserves Act, and to the Wanganui Reserves Management Act, I shall have to address your Honor upon a future occasion. With respect to the Sandon Public Park Management Act, I note, first, that, although said to be reserved for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor, it is signed by your Honor as having been assented to by you, no doubt in error. I submit for your consideration and remark another objection which, lam advised, exists to this Bill. It authorizes " the sale of a reserve made for purposes of public recreation." The Superintendent is only authorized to vest the management of such a reserve in a corporate body, or persons having corporate succession,