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Enclosure. The Aborigines Protection Society to Sir Heney Holland, Bart. Aborigines Protection Society, Broadway Chambers, Slß,__ Westminster, 29th March, 1887. In a letter which we had the honour to receive from Mr. Secretary Stanhope in December last he was good enough to say that he had communicated to the New Zealand Government the contents of our letter to him, dated the 23rd November, together with an enclosure sent by Tawhiao to Sir John Gorst. I now beg to forward a copy of a letter (so far as it is possible to decipher it) which we received a few days ago from Major Te Wheoro. It is manifest that the Natives whose interests he represents believe that the Government are acting unfairly towards them in the matter of their lands; and the committee on whose behalf I write would therefore feel grateful to you if you would kindly make inquiries on the subject, or send the society any reassuring information which may have reached you. I have, &c, F. W. Chesson, The Eight Hon. Sir Henry Holland, Bart., G.C., M.G., M.P. Secretary.

Sub-Enclosure. Deae Sic, Whatiwhatihoe, New Zealand, 6th January, 1887. Salutations to you ! I received your letter to let me know that our friend the late Lord Mayor, Sir Robert Fowler, was coining to New Zealand. He came to Auckland ; but Tawhiao and I did not see him. He went on to Wellington. We wished very much to see him, as we wanted to talk to him about the Government of New Zealand not doing justice to the Native race. When Tawhiao and I returned from England the Government had not done anything. The word that the Government of New Zealand said to Lord Derby, that they would allow more Native members m the Parliament of New Zealand, they have not carred out. So also the word of Lord Derby, that the Government of New Zealand would be kind to the Native tribes, and listen to them and the true words of the Maoris, this they have not done. Tawhiao and the Native chiefs sent a Bill to the Government to allow a council for the Native chiefs under the laws of the Queen and the Treaty of Waitangi, and the laws of the year 1852 (sections 71 and 72); but the Government would not allow it to pass. The Government is still taking the land. The King's land was taken by the Government and given to another tribe called Maniapoto. The Waikatos, after a fight, took possession of the land in the year 1819, and settled on it up to this date. The Government, since our return, have continued to act as described in the petition that was sent to Lord Derby on the 22nd July, 1884. Friends, I have a word for you : to be strong and do what you can for us at the head-quarters of England. I have, &c, Wi te Wheoeo.

No. 26. (New Zealand, No. 20.) Sm Downing Street, 15th April, 1887. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. a.-i, 123, of the 27th of December last, and, in accordance with the request contained Sass - therein, to transmit to you the enclosed Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 25th March, 1887, declaring that Part 11. of "The Medical Act, 1886," shall apply to the Colony of New Zealand. I have, &c, • " H. T. HOLLAND. Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &o.

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Enclosure. At the Cooet at Windsoe, the 25th Day of March, 1887. Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Loed Peesident, Maequess of Lothian, Loed Steward. Wheeeas by " The Medical Act, 1886," it is provided (amongst other things) that we may from time to time, by Order in Council, declare that the Second Part of the said Act shall be deemed, on and after a day to be named in such Order, to apply to any British possession which, in our opinion, affords to the medical practitioners of the United Kingdom such privileges of practising in the said British possession as to us may seem just, and from and after the day named in such Order in Council such British possession shall be deemed to be a British possession to which the said Act applies, within the meaning of the Second Part thereof ; and that until such Order in Council has been made in respect of any British possession the said Second Part of the said Act shall not be deemed to apply to any such possession : And whereas New Zealand is a British possession within the meaning of the said Act, and affords, in our opinion, to the registered medical practitioners of the United Kingdom such privileges of practising in New Zealand as to us seems just, under and by virtue of the rovisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and intituled " The Medical Practitioners Eegistration Act, 1869." Now, therefore, we do hereby, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, order, direct, and declare that, on and after the first day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, the Second Part of "The Medical Act, 1886," shall be deemed to apply to New Zealand. C - L - Pbel -

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