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1889. NEW ZEALAND.

APPOINTMENT ACCEPTED BY AGENT-GENERAL IN CONNECTION WITH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY (CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated 3rd July, 1889. Ordered, " That the correspondence relating to the appointment accepted by the Agent-General in connection with the Midland Railway Company be laid before this House."—(Mr. Moss.)

No. 1. The; Agent-Genebal to the Hon. the Premier. (Telegram.) London, Bth April, 1889. Midland. Money now obtained. Company renews* request Agent-General act as unpaid trustee for debenture-holders. Instruct whether shall. F. D, Bell. * Memo. —No record can be found, in either the Public Works or Treasury Departments, of any previous request on this subject—H. J. H. Blow, Assistant U.-S., P.W.—l6/7/89.

No. 2. The Hon. the Pbemiek to the Agent-General. (Telegram.) Wellington, 12th April, 1889. Message of eighth April received. Government no objection if you have none. H. A. Atkinson.

No. 3. The Agent-Genebal to the Hon. the Minister for Public Woeks. S m ,— Paris, 18th April, 1889. I telegraphed to you on the Bth instant that the Midland Railway Company had at length succeeded in securing the money required for proceeding with their railway, and I added that the company had renewed their former request for the Government to permit me to act as one of the trustees'for the debenture-holders in the new issue. On the 12th I received your message in reply that the Government had no objection if I had none. I ought to have said in my telegram that I saw none now that all the questions formerly in dispute were settled. I have, &c, F. D. Bell. Memo —The remaining portion of this letter is not on the subject of the trusteeship.—H. J. H. Blow, Assistant U.-S. for P.W.-P.W. Office, 18/7/89.

No. 4. The Hon. the Premise to the Agent-Genebal. (Telegram.) Wellington, 15th May, 1889. Report first, mail position responsibility as trustee Midland debenture-holders. H. A. Atkinson.

No. 5. The Agent-General to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Sib,— Paris, 17th May, 1889. I duly received your telegram of the 15th instant directing me to report by the first mail the position and responsibility attached to the trusteeship for debenture-holders of the Midland