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1901. NEW ZEALAND.

PACIFIC ISLANDS: LETTER FROM DEPUTY GOVERNOR, ACKNOWLEDGING RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO ISLAND OF SUWARROW.

Laid on the Table of the House of Bepresentatives by the Hon. the Speaker.

Sir R. Stout, Deputy Governor, to the Hon. the Speaker, House of Representatives. Sir,— Wellington, 22nd October, 1900. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a resolution passed by the House of Representatives, approving of the alteration of the boundaries of the colony so as to include the Island of Suwarrow. I have, &c, Robert Stout, The Hon. the Speaker, House of Representatives. Deputy Governor. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,-200 copies), 14s. 6d.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington. —1901. Price 3d]