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Local and Personal Acts —continued. No. 13. An Act to provide for the Protection and Conservation of an Area of Land near Dunedin known as " The Sandhills," and the Beach adjacent thereto, and foe the Management thereof as a Public Domain. No. 14. An Act to revest in Her Majesty the Mount Ida Water-race. No. 15. An Act to provide for the Repayment of certain Moneys by the Oamaru Harbour Board. No. IC. An Act to authorise the Auckland Harbour Board to exchange certain Freehold Land adjoining Calliope Dock for certain other Freehold Land fronting Victoria and Beach Roads, Devonport, and for other Purposes. No. 17. An Act to empower the School Commissioners for the Otago Provincial District to enter into certain Arrangements desirable in the Interests of Settlement, and in order to provide Accommodation for Tourists at Lake Te Anau, Otago. No. 18. An Act for the Transfer of the Kaitangata Relief Fund into the Public Trust Office, and its Conversion into a Mining Accident Fund. No. 19. An Act to authorise the Trustees of the Te Aute College Trust to expend a Portion of their Trustfunds in maintaining the Native Girls' School at Hukarere, Napier. No. 20. An Act to authorise a further Inquiry into the Engagements and Liabilities of the Cook and Waiapu Counties respectively. No. 21. An Act to amend " The Gisborne Harbour Act, 1884." No. 22. An Act to validate the Construction of a Bridge over the Waihou River by the Piako County Council. No. 23. An Act to vest certain Lands in the Corporation of the City of Wellington and the Wellington Harbour Board respectively, and to enable the Corporation and the Board respectively to devote certain Lands to particular Purposes. No. 24. An Act to vest in Trustees for the Whangarei County Rifle-club certain Land at Whangarei known as the Whangarei Drill-shed Site.

Local and Personal Acts —continued. No. 25. An Act to authorise the Issue of Titles to certain Reserves in Westland to the Religious, Charitable, or Educational Bodies respectively occupying the same. No. 26. An Act to amend " The Wanganui River Trust Act, 1891 " (hereinafter called " the said Act"). No. 27. An Act to vest certain Land in the Patea Harbour Board. No. 28. An Act to extend the Powers of the County Councils on the West Coast of the Middle Island so as to enable them to raise the Funds necessary to defray the Cost of the Maintenance and Repair of County Roads. No. 29. An Act to vest in the District of Palmerston North Hospital and Charitable Aid Board certain Hospital Reserves within the Borough of Palmerston North, and Moneys, being the Proceeds of the Sales of certain Hospital Reserves within the said Borough heretofore sold, and Lands vested in the Corporation of the Town of Palmerston North for the Purposes of a Hospital, but which have been . sold, subject to the Contracts for Sale ; and also to validate certain Payments made out of such Sales. No. 30. An Act to authorise the Wanganui Harbour Board to make Special Provision for the Disposal of the Balance of their Rural Endowment Lands. No. 31. An Act to amend " The Westland and Nelson Coalfields Administration Act, 1877," in this Act called " the said Act." Private Acts. No. 1. An Act to amend a Deed of Trust made between Aihipene Kaihau, Kerei Tamarere, and Henare Ngaroma Kaihau, of the one part, and the Public Trustee of the other part, and dated the Thirtieth Day of November, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. No. 2. An Act to amend " The Wesleyan Methodist Church Property Trust Act, 1887." I have, &c, EIPON.

Governor the Eight Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G., &c

No. 43. (New Zealand, No. 5.) My Lord, — Downing Street, 21st January, 1893. I have the honour to acquaint you that an application has been received from the German Ambassador at this Court for the issue of an exequatur to Mr. H. yon Haast as German Consul at Christchurch, New Zealand, where he resides. As this gentleman appears to be resident in the colony under your government, I am to request you to report whether you are aw T are, or not, of any objection to his appointment, and if not you will recognise him provisionally in that capacity until the exequatur arrives. I have, &c, E. H. MEADB (For the Secretary of State). The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 44. (New Zealand, General.) My Lord, — Downing Street, 26th January, 1893. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 53, of the sth of October, with reference to the proposed adoption by the Cook Islands of a federal flag, and also with regard to the use of the Union Jack on shore in those islands. 2. In reply I transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Admiralty, from which it will be seen that there is no objection to the flag proposed for marine use, described in your Lordship's despatch, providing the centre of the Union Jack be defaced by a circular or other shaped shield, bearing some device, such

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