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The Auckland Hospital and Grammar School
Reserves Act, 1856.
The Friendly Societies Act, 1856.
The Resident Magistrates' Courts Extension
of Jurisdiction Act, 1856.
The Local Posts Act, 1856.
The Scotch Law Practitioners Act, 1856.
The Appropriation Act, 1856,
having been laid before the Queen, in con-
formity with the provisions of the Constitution
Act, Her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to leave the same to their operation.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, August 3rd, 1857.
THE following Despatches from Her Ma-
jestys Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, are published for General infor-
mation.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Downing-street,
7th January, 1857.
SIR,—I have laid before the Queen the Act
passed by the General Assembly of New Zea-
land on the 7th of May, 1856, intituled "An
"Act to provide for the retirement of certain
"Officers of the Executive Government," and
which Act was transmitted with your despatch,
No. 45 of the 8th of May, 1856. I have to
inform you that that Act will be left to its
operation.

I entirely concur in the propriety of the
course which you adopted in this case. The
Legislature having left it to myself to fix
(within certain limits) the amount of the pen-
sions to be awarded, I had no other guide to
follow than the precedent afforded by the pro-
ceedings of the Australian Legislatures on the
like occasion. That of New South Wales gave
the retiring Officers pensions equivalent to
their full salaries; that of Victoria, amounts
varying from 4-5ths to 3-4ths of their salary.
I believe that the grant of the maximum
amount by the Act now before me—that is,
2-3rds of the salary—will most nearly meet
the analogy afforded by the above-mentioned
laws, and I am therefore to signify to you Her
Majesty's approval of that amount.
I have, &c.,
H. LABOUCHERE.
Governor Gore Browne, C. B.,
&c., &c., &c.

Extract from a Despatch, dated 8th May,
1857, No. 35.
"With regard to the Act No. 1 "To provide
for the retirement of certain officers of the Ex-
ecutive Government," which was previously
transmitted in your despatch No. 45 of the 8th
of May, 1856, and which you were informed

by my despatch, No. 1 of the 7th of January
last, was left to its operation, I have to acquaint
you that I have had under my consideration
the Memorandum of your Responsible advisers
in explanation of that and of the other Acts of
the Session, together with the report relating to
it of the Select Committee of the House of Re-
presentatives which accompanied your despatch
No. 93 of the 20th of September, 1856.
With reference to the Act No. 1, it is only
necessary that I should refer you to the deci-
sion in respect of the amount of retiring allow-
ance to be assigned under this Act contained
in my despatch above adverted to, as I have
been unable to find anything in the proceedings
of the Committee which appears to me to justify
a different conclusion to that already arrived at."
I have, &c.,
H. LABOUCHERE.

Downing-street,
5th March, 1857.
SIR,—I have laid before the Queen the Ad-
dress from the Legislative Council of New Zea-
land, which accompanied your Despatch No.
84 of 22nd August, expressive of the loyal con-
gratulations of that Body on the restoration of
Peace and the attainment of the objects for
which the War was undertaken.

You will inform the Council that Her Majesty
was pleased to receive the Address very gra-
ciously, and to command me to express Her
Majesty's sense of this renewed assurance of
their loyalty and attachment.
I have &c.,
H. LABOUCHERE
&c., &c., &c.
Governor Gore Browne,
&c., &c., &c.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, August 3rd, 1857.
PURSUANT to the provisions of their
Charter, the Oriental Bank Corporation
have notified to his Excellency the Governor
of New Zealand the following appointments—
WILLIAM M'LAY ELLES, Esq.,
to be Inspector of the Banks, Branch Banks,
and Agencies of the Corporation, eastward of
the Cape of Good Hope.
JOHN STEPHEN OLIVER, Esq.,
to be Manager of the Bank at Auckland
principal officer, to represent the Corporation in
the colony;
ADAM BURNES, Esq.,
to be Manager of the Branch Bank at Wel-
lington;
Mr. JAMES DAVIDSON WALKER,
to be Accountant at Auckland, and to act for
the Manager in his absence;
MR. HUGH CHARLES FRASER,
to be Accountant at Wellington, and to act for
the Manager there in his absence.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Printed by W. C. WILSON, for the General Government.