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the said Bill was reserved by the said Officer for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon And whereas the said Bill so reserved as aforesaid has been laid before Her Majesty in Council, and it is expedient that the said Bill should be assented to by Her Majesty: Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said Act, and in exercise of the power thereby reserved to Her Majesty as aforesaid, doth by this present order, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, declare her assent to the said Bill. And the Eight Honorable the Earl of Carnarvon, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. Chaeles Peel.

Enclosure 2 in No. 1. At the Court at "Windsor, the 13th day of May, 1875. Present:—The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Loed Peesident, Loed Chambeblaik', Eael of Deeby, Mr. Seceetaey Ceoss, Sir Chaeles A. Mctebay, Mr. Diseaeli. "Wheeeas by section 18 of "Tho Extradition Act, 1870," it is, among other things, enacted, "That " if, by any law made after the passing of the said Act by the Legislature of any British possession, " provision is made for carrying into effect within such possession the surrender of fugitive criminals " who are in or suspected of being in such British possession, Her Majesty may, by the Order in Council " applying the same Act in the case of any Foreign State or by any subsequent order, either— " Suspend the operation within any such British possession of the said Act, or of any part " thereof, so far as it relates to such Poreign State, and so long as such law continues in " force there, and no longer; or " Direct that such Law, Ordinance, or any part thereof, shall have effect in such British " possession with or without modifications and alterations, as if it were part of the " Act." And whereas by a certain Bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Eepresentatives of the Colony of New Zealand in the thirty-eighth year of Her Majesty's reign, and numbered 83, the Short Title of which is " The New Zealand Extradition Act, 1874," it is enacted that the provisions of the Acts of the Imperial Parliament the Short Title whereof is " The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873," shall be in force and applied in the said colony subject to the modifications and alterations thereinafter contained : And whereas the said Bill was reserved for the signification of the Queen's pleasure, and Her Majesty has been pleased, by Order in Council, to declare her assent to the same : Now, therefore, Her Majesty in pursuance of "The Extradition Act, 1870," and in exercise of the power in that behalf in the said Act contained, doth by this present Order, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council direct that the said " New Zealand Extradition Act, 1874," shall have effect in the Colony of New Zealand as if it were part of " The Extradition Act, 1870." And the Eight Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. Chaeles Peel.

No. 2. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby. (No. 39.) My Lord, — Downing Street, Ist June, 1875. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 34, of the 15th March, on the subject of Sir Donald McLean's negotiations with the Maori tribes who still remain disaffected. I have received with much pleasure the intelligence conveyed in your despatch of the probability that a satisfactory result will follow from these negotiations. I have, &c., CAENAEVON. Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, K.C.M.G., &c, &c.

No. 3. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby. (No. 42.) My Lord, — Downing Street, 23rd June, 1875, With reference to my Despatch No. 9, of the 30th of January, I transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, in which