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Office of the New Zealand Government
Agency, 3, Adelaide Place, King William
St., London, 19th May, 1862.

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter, No. 60, of 15th
February last, informing me my proposal for
the continuance of this Office would be sub-
mitted to the General Assembly at its next
Session.

Should the Governor decide in favor of it,
I beg to direct your attention to a matter that
if carried out would, I believe, greatly tend
to promote the interest of the Colony.

As the specimens forwarded by the Pro-
vinces to the International Exhibition are for
the first time brought together and show so
distinctly the large resources of the Colony,
I venture to submit for the consideration of
the Government the propriety of securing
them after the Exhibition is over, and of
arranging them in one collection. Such a
step would enable manufacturers and others
to have access to specimens at all times,—the
want of which is at present a great drawback.
The expense of so doing would be nominal,
should the Government retain these rooms,
the one at present used for the Government
maps, official documents, papers, and use of
colonists being upwards of 35 feet long could
be arranged to contain all, without interfering
with its present use. The cases now in ser-
vice at the Exhibition, which must be paid
for, would serve without further cost, for the
preservation of the various articles; under
these circumstances I believe I am justified
in stating the expense would be trifling, while
the opinion that it would be of advantage
to the Colony, is based on the remarks made
to be by practical men who have seen the
various articles at the Exhibition.

Learning that other parties were desirous
to rent the present rooms upon my relinquish-
ing them on the 30th proximo, I have thought
it advisable to retain them until informed of
the decision of the General Assembly and of
the Government, respecting the present
suggestion. If it is practicable and con-
venient to let me have this by return mail it
would be of service.

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
JOHN MORRISON.

CIRCULAR.—New Zealand.
Downing Street,
28th April, 1862.

Sir,

As I believe that some doubt occurred
on the occasion of the former International
Exhibition, about the best mode of disposing
of bulky articles contributed by the Colonial
Governments, I am led by the application of
Sir William Hooker to suggest to you, whether
the gentlemen representing the Colony under
your Government may not be authorized to
offer at the end of the Exhibition, such vege-
table products as may not be destined for any
other object, to Sir William Hooker, for the
Museum of the Royal Botanical Gardens at
Kew.

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
NEWCASTLE.

Governor Sir George Grey,
&c., &c., &c.

Colonial Secretary\'s Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1862.

HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor has
been pleased to make the following
appointment in the "Nelson" Rifle Volun-
teers:—

No. 1 Company,
DR. SAMUEL ATHANASIUS CUSACK
to be Surgeon. Date of Commission—7th
August, 1862.

ALFRED DOMETT.

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE PRINCE
ALBERT.

Colonial Secretary\'s Office,
Wellington, 15th Sept., 1862.

THE following Dispatch and En-
closures are published for general in-
formation.

ALFRED DOMETT.

CIRCULAR.
NEW ZEALAND.
Downing-street, 24th May, 1862.

SIR,—I have the honor to transmit to you
a letter which has been addressed to you from
a Central Committee appointed by the General
Committee formed for promoting the National
Memorial to the lamented Prince Consort.

The object in appointing this Central Com-
mittee is to give a truly National character
to the Memorial by affording to every class
in the British Empire an opportunity of join-
ing in this tribute of the Nation\'s gratitude,
and in forwarding the Letter which has been
addressed to you as Governor of New Zea-
land, I feel that it is quite unnecessary for
me to recommend its object to your attention.

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
NEWCASTLE.

Governor Sir George Grey,
&c., &c., &c.