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No. 3. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 50.) Government House, Wellington, My Lord, — New Zealand, 3rd July, 1875. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 30, of the 17th April last, and to inform you that Mr. Montgomery's provisional appointment as Consul for Sweden and Norway, at Christchurch, has been duly notified in the Government Gazette. 2. I am not aware of any objection to his being appointed in that capacity. I have, &c, The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. NORMANBY.

No. 4. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 51.) Government House, Wellington, My Lord, — New Zealand, 3rd July, 1875. On the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 31, of the 17th April last, I caused the provisional appointment of Mr. Edward Pearce as Consul for Sweden and Norway, at Wellington, to be notified in the Government Gazette. 2. Mr. Pearce is one of the leading merchants here, and a member of the House of Representatives; and I am not aware of any objections to his being appointed in that capacity. I have, &c, The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. NORMANBY.

No. 5. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 53.) Government House, Wellington, My Lord, — New Zealand, sth July, 1875. In reply to your Lordship's Despatch No. 28, of the 6th April last, requesting me to forward Mr. Kirk's second report on, the durability of the New Zealand timbers for transmission to the Admiralty, I have the honor to inform your Lordship that, owing to the experiments not being completed, Mr. Kirk had not been able as yet to prepare the second report. I have, &c, The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. NORMANBY.

No. 6. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 54.) Government House, Wellington, My Lord, — New Zealand, sth July, 1875. With reference to your Lordship's circular despatches dated 12th March and Ist April, on the subject of the International Exhibition which it is proposed to hold at Philadelphia in 1876, I have the honor to inform your Lordship that I lost no time in laying these papers before my Executive Council. These despatches, together with the general regulations and the form of application for space have been published in the Neio Zealand Gazette for general information, and the Superintendents of the several provinces have already been invited to co-operate in securing exhibits of colonial productions; but it is not possible immediately to specify the amount of space that will be required for this colony. I will forward to your Lordship this information at the earliest possible time by telegraph. I have, &c, The Right H<Jn. the Earl of Carnarvon. NORMANBY.