MESSAGE, No. 13.

flis Excellency the Officer administering the Government transmits to the House of Repiesentatives the Returns called for by a Resolution of the 21st June, No. 14, requesting that " a comparative Return, showing the European population; also a comparative Return, showing the number of Stock, and a comparative Return, showing the quantity of Land (in aceres) fenced and cultivated in the Provinces of Auckland, New Plymouth. Nelson, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago, up to correspanding dates, for the years from 1851 to 1853 inclusive, be laid on the table." R. H. Wynyard. Govsmment House, Auckland, sth July, 1854.