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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES'

COMMISSION OF COLONEL THOMAS GORE BROWNE, C. B., AS GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND, WITH ACCOMPANYING ROYAL INSTRUCTIONS; ALSO COMMISSION AS VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME.

Transmitted to the House by His Excellency the Governor 17th April, 1856, and ordered to be Printed.

THOMAS GORE BROWNE, Message No. 2. Governor. The Governor transmits for the information of the House of Representatives the accompanying Copies of his Commission as Governor of New Zealand, of the Royal Instructions issued to him, and of his Commission as Vice-Admiral of the same. Government House, Auckland, 17th April, 1856.

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