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n'ont cesse d'accorder ;i M. Schostak durant sa mission en Avtstralie. En portant cc gui precede a la connaissance de votre Excellence, j'ai l'honneur de la prier de vouloir bien ne pas me refuser son aimable intermediaire, et de faire parvenir les remerciments de mon Gouvernement aux personnes interessees. J'ai l'honneur, &c, a. son Excellence M. le Comte Eosebery, &c. Staal.

List of the Gentlemen who kindly assisted Mr. Schostak, the Engineer of Nertehinsk, when he was sent by the Cabinet of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia to Australia. Colony of Victoria. —(l) The Hon. James Service, the Premier; (2) J. P. Levien, Minister of Mines and Agriculture; (3) C. W. Langtree, Director of the Department of Mines; (4) W. H. Granger, Inspector of Sandhurst District; (5) Thompson More, Deputy for Sandhurst; (6) M. Eosenblum, Director of Schools at Ballarat. Colony of New South Wales. —(7) The Hon. Joseph Palmer Abbott, Minister of Mines and Agriculture. Colony of New Zealand. —(B) The Hon. Eobert Stout, the Premier; (9) William Eolleston, Minister of Mines and Public Works; (10) H. J. H. Eliott, Director of Department for Watersupply in Mines; (11) Dr. Hector, Director of the Colonial Museum.

No. 55. (Circular.) Sib,— Downing Street, 7th July, 1886. The attention of the Government of Mauritius has been drawn to the crowding of animals on board vessels trading between that colony and its dependencies, and, there being no legislative authority in that case to enable the Government to regulate the conveyance of cattle and other animals, the Governor has requested information as to the regulations in force in the United Kingdom and other parts of Her Majesty's dominions. I shall be glad to be furnished with the information desired by the Mauritius Government as regards the law and practice in force in the colony under your government. The regulations in force in this country are contained in Part IV. of the Animals Order in Council of 1884, a transcript of which I shall be happy to transmit to you if desired. I have, &c, GEANVILLE. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 56. (Circular.) Sic,— Downing Street, 9th July, 1886. I have the honour to call the attention of your Government to the questions asked by Mr. Howard Vincent in the House of Commons on the 21st of May and the Ist of June, and to the answers reported in the newspapers, with reference to the desire of the Foreign Office to receive suggestions from Chambers of Commerce, or bodies and persons interested in British trade, as to the manner in which the services of Her Majesty's diplomatic and consular officers could be turned to the best advantage for its promotion and extension; and I enclose, for the information of your Government, a copy of a letter addressed by the Foreign Office to various commercial bodies in this country, to which reference was made by Mr. Howard Vincent in the House of Commons on the 21st of June. I have, &c, GEANVILLE. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Enclosure. Lettee addressed to the Associated Chambees of Commeece.* Sic, — Foreign Office, 4th March, 1886. I am directed by the Earl of Eosebery to state to you that his Lordship is taking into immediate consideration the general question of the assistance rendered by Her Majesty's diplomatic and consular representatives abroad to British trade. The instructions under which these officers act are to protect and promote British trade by every fair and proper means. The Secre-

* Also to Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester Chambers of Commerce, Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, and British Iron Trades' Association ; and to the Agricultural Engineers' Association, commencing, " In reply to our letter of the 24th ultimo ; " to Paris Chamber of Commerce, March 25th, leaving out last paragraph.