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the articles should be handed over to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, No. 1, Queen Victoria Street, Mansion House, London. 2. I may add, that the armour which is now presented will form a most valuable addition to the Musetim, and be highly appreciated by the people of Auckland. I have, &c, Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, &c.

Enclosure. Memorandum for His Excellency. Mr. Mackelvie being in England, the reply by the War Office, respecting his application for a gift of armour from the Tower of London to the Auckland Museum;, was submitted to his agent, Mr. D. L. Murdoch, of Auckland, who has requested that Mr. Mackelvie's grateful thanks for their liberal response may be conveyed to the proper authorities. The Premier has the honour to ask that His Excellency will, through the Colonial Office, comply with Mr. Murdoch's request, adding that the Government have much pleasure in accepting, on behalf of the Colony, the offered specimens of armour; and that His Excellency will state that if the specimens, when ready for shipment, are sent to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), No. 1, Queen Victoria Street, Mansion House, London, they will be taken charge of and forwarded to the Trustees of the Museum. " Wellington, May 14th, 1883. Fred. Whitaker.

No. 37. His Excellency the Governor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. (No. 34.) My Lord, — Government House, Auckland, 21st May, 1883. With reference to your Lordship's Despatch, marked "General," andi dated the 16th February last, concerning the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and the Republic of the Equator, and former correspondence on the same subject, I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of a memorandum which I have received from my Ministers, expressing their desire that New Zealand should be included in the Treaty. I have, &c, Wi. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, &c.

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Enclosure. Memorandum for His Excellency. Ministers have the honour to ask that His Excellency will reply to the Despatch of February 16th, that it is desired New Zealand should be included in the Treaty of Commerce with the Republic of the Equator. Eked. Whitaker. Wellington, May Bth, 1883.

No. 38. His Excellency the Governor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies(No. 35.) My Lord, — Government House, Auckland, 21st May, 1883. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch, No. 15, of the sth March last, covering a copy of a correspondence which had passed between the Royal Humane Society and the Colonial Office, concerning the request made by the Government of New Zealand, that the gallant efforts of certain persons at Timaru, in this Colony, to save life from drowning, should be brought before the Society. 2. The Committee have evidently acted under a misapprehension as to the facts of the case. This Colony " has no Humane Society recognized by the Governor." I learn, from the enclosures to your Lordship's Despatch, that there is "a Society in Melbourne bearing the name of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia," but as neither I nor my Government have any cognizance of that Society, New Zealand cannot be regarded as within its sphere.

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