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Enclosure. (Circular —1.) Sir,— Downing Street, 20th June, 1884. My attention has been drawn to the want of uniformity which prevails in the wording of the clauses inserted in the laws of different Colonies for the purpose of suspending their operation until the signification in the Colony of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon. It appears to me to be desirable that the same form of clause should be used for this purpose in all Colonies, and I have therefore to request that the following form may in future be adopted in the Colony under your Government:— "This (Law, Act, Ordinance) shall not come into operation unless and until the Officer Administering the Government notifies, by Proclamation, that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same, and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such day as the Officer Administering the Government shall notify by the same or any other Proclamation." I have, &c. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. Derby.

No. 17. (New Zealand —General.) Sir, — Downing Street, 10th July, 1884. I have the honour to transmit to you herewith the translation of a note addressed to the Eoreign Office by the Italian Ambassador at this Court, enclosing copy of a pamphlet by Signor Salino relative to the measurement of altitude by means of the barometer, together with a copy of a circular by the same author; and I have to request you to be good enough to cause these papers to be forwarded to the Meteorological Observer under your Government. I have, &c. Governor Sir W. E. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G. CB. &c. DERBY.

Enclosure. Count Nigra to Earl Granville. (Translation.) My Lord, — London, June 10, 1884. I have the honour to forward herewith, enclosed to your Lordship, twenty copies of a pamphlet by Signor F. Salino, respecting the measurement of altitudes, by means of the barometer, and an equal number of copies of a circular, directed by the same Signor Salino to the Directors of Astronomical Observatories. In pursuance of the instructions received from the Eoyal Italian Government, I have the honour to address myself to your Lordship's habitual courtesy, with the request that you would be so good as to cause each of these works above mentioned to be sent to the principal Meteorological Observatories of the United Kingdom, of the Colonies and British Possessions, with the suggestion that such institutions should forward to Signor Salino the information, advice, and instructions which he solicits in the close of his circular. I would advertise your Lordship that the pamphlets and the circulars have already been forwarded directly to the Observatories of Bombay, Calcutta, Capetown, Melbourne, and Sydney. Thanking your Lordship by anticipation, I beg, &c. The Earl Granville, K.G., &c. Nigra.

Authority: Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington,—lBB4.