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Auckland, New Zealand, May 18, 1853. Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter and memorandum from your Excellency, datedSMay 13, 1353. I have given my best attention to your able plan of educational operations in these islands, and cordially approve the same, as wisely adapted in my judgment to the Natives and others for whose benefit the instruction is intended and provided. In the name of the Church which I represent under the Wesleyan Missionary Committee, I thankfully accept the sums of money named in your letter, to be appropriated on the principles laid down in your Excellency's memorandum. My best thanks are due to your Excellency and arc hereby tendered for these admirable communications, the principles of which we shall proceed as we may be able with care and earnestness to .carry into effect, in humble dependence on the Divine blessing, upon the Maori, the half-caste children, -the children of inhabitants of islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as orphans or destitute children of European parents. I have, &c. (Signed) WALTER LAWRY, General Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions, New Zealand. His Excellency Sir G. Grey, &c. &e.

ENCLOSURE No. lII.—CHURCH OF ROME. Auckland, Now Zealand, , May 18, 1853, My Lord, It having become necessary for me to recommend for the sanction of Her Majesty's Government -the mode in which I propose that the public funds reserved in this country for Native purposes should be applied, I have the honor to state that I am -prepared to recommend that the sum of £1200 per annum should be placed at your disposal for the support of Roman Catholic schools in your diocese which are already established or may hereafter be established in New Zealand, provided the funds so placed at your disposal are applied in conformity with the principles stated in the enclosed memorandum. When your Lordship has fully considered the plan thus proposed, I should feel obliged by your informing me if it meets with your approval, and if you are willing to accept the proposed annual grant on those terms. I have, &c., (Signed) G. GREY. The Right Rev. Lord Bishop Pompallier. MEMORANDUM. 1. The Northern District of New Zealand shall be divided by the Bishop into convenient districts for educational purposes, connected with the Church of Rome. 2. All schools in such districts which receive any portion of the Government grant shall be conducted as heretofore, upon the principle of a' religious education ; industrial training and instruction in the English language forming a necessary part of the system pursued in such schools.