Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 30th March, 1876.

THE following Correspondence is published by direction of His Honour the Superintendent.

READER WOOD,
Provincial Secretary.

Auckland, 29th March, 1876.

SIR,—

In reference to the application made through me for a diversion of the balance of the loan to the Pumping Association, I have the honour to inform you that the General Government, through the Colonial Secretary, told me this morning that, if your Honor approved of the measure, the General Government, if referred to, would offer no objection, the Colonial Secretary expressing an opinion in favour of the utility of the diversion.

I have, etc.,
J. E. MACDONALD.

To His Honor the Superintendent,
Auckland.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 29th March, 1876.

SIR,—

I have the honour to enclose the copy of a letter I have just received from Mr. Macdonald. I should be much obliged by your informing me whether I may act upon the supposition that his letter represents fairly the view of the General Government upon the subject.

I have, etc.,
G. GREY.

The Honourable Dr. Pollen,
Colonial Secretary.

General Government Offices,
Auckland, 29th March, 1876.

SIR,—

I have received your letter of this date, covering copy of a letter from Mr. Macdonald on the subject of a proposed “diversion of the balance of the loan to the Pumping Association.” Your Honor requests me to inform you whether you may act upon the supposition that Mr. Macdonald’s letter represents fairly the view of the General Government upon this subject.

Your Honor appears to throw doubt upon the statement made to you by Mr. Macdonald, and I would be an impertinence on my part to assure your Honor that that gentleman has not made deliberately a false statement to you, or to advise you as to your action in regard to it.

If your Honor have any proposal to make upon the subject of the application of the balance of the Fifty thousand pounds authorised to be advanced to the Province of Auckland for works on the Thames Goldfield, that proposal will be considered with a desire to meet your Honor’s views, and to promote the interests of that Goldfield.

I have, &c.,
DANIEL POLLEN.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Auckland.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 30th March, 1876.

SIR,—

In reply to your letter of the 29th instant, I have the honour to state that I assume from it you have informed Mr. Macdonald, that you, as Colonial Secretary, have expressed your opinion that it would be a useful thing to divert the balance of the Loan to the Pumping Association from sinking to driving and draining purposes, and that, if I gave my approval to such diversion, the General Government would offer no objection to it.

I conceive that I ought not to interfere with the views of the General Government being carried out, and, therefore, give the approval which you require.

I have, &c.,
G. GREY.

The Honourable Dr. Pollen,
Colonial Secretary,
Auckland.

General Government Offices,
Auckland, 30th March, 1876.

SIR,—

I have received your letter of this date on the subject of the proposed diversion of the balance of the loan to the Pumping Association, in which your Honor is pleased to convey to me the approval of that proposal which, you say, I required.

In my letter of yesterday’s date I said “If your Honor have any proposal to make upon the subject of the application of the balance of the Fifty thousand pounds authorised to be advanced to the Province of Auckland for works on the Thames Goldfield, that proposal will be considered with a desire to meet your Honor’s views, and to promote the interests of that Goldfield.”

I have, &c.,
DANIEL POLLEN.