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damage done by Cattle-trespass and otherwise
in relation thereto of all owners or occupiers
of land, persons owning or having charge of
cattle and other persons, and that any such
Regulations shall be made, as far as possible,
with the general assent of the Native popula-
tion affected thereby, to be ascertained in such
manner as the Governor may deem fitting:
And whereas the Native Lands in the Hun-
dreds of Taupari and Kohekohe have become
infested with Cattle wandering at large to the
great injury of agriculture and to the peril of
all travellers through the said lands: And
whereas it is expedient to make and put in
force within the said hundreds the following
regulations, and the general assent thereto of
the Native population has been ascertained to
the satisfaction of the Governor :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of his
Executive Council, doth hereby make and put
in force within the said Hundreds of Taupari
and Kohekohe, the following regulations; that
is to say,

1. No person shall have any right of owner-
   ship in unbranded cattle more than one year
   old, wandering at large over Native lands.

2. No person shall have any right of owner-
   sbip in wild or dangerous cattle which shall
   have been wandering at large over Native
   lands for more than one year.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th July, 1863.

THE following Circular Despatch from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies respecting the distress
which still prevails among the Manufacturing
Population of the Northern Counties of Eng-
land, is published for general information.

ALFRED DOMETT.

Downing Street,
11th April, 1863.

Sir,—The distress which still prevails among
the Manufacturing Population of the Northern
Counties, and the apparent probability of its
continuance, make it necessary for Her Majesty's
Government carefully to consider the several
schemes which have been proposed for rescuing
the people from their present condition, and for
enabling them again to earn an independent
livelihood. Among those schemes, as you are
no doubt aware, Emigration occupies a pro-
minent place. If the people in question had
been accustomed to out-door labour, and their
numbers were less excessive, there would be no
room to doubt that Emigration would afford to
them, as it has to others, an immediate escape,
and that their transfer to other portions of the
Empire would be as beneficial to the Colonies
as to the people themselves; but these people
are differently circumstanced; a large majority
of them have been accustomed to in-door work
only, and would probably be incapable at first
of perfoming any considerable amount of hard

labour out of doors. Others have been em-
ployed in out-door, though not absolutely
agricultural labour, and these might be expected
to be at once useful; but the numbers of the
whole class are so great, and comprise so large
a portion of women and children, that some
doubt must be felt as to the possibility of their
ready absorption by the Colonies, even irres-
pective of their previous employments.

If, however, it should be decided to encourage
or assist the Emigration of any portion of those
people, it would be of great importance to Her
Majesty's Government to know accurately to
which of Her Majesty's Colonial possessions
their Emigration might be directed with the
best prospect of advantage to the people
themselves and to the Colony. The informa-
tion at present at my command does not enable
me to answer this question with confidence. I
think it better, therefore, to refer at once to
you, and to request you to furnish me with the
best information in your power upon the sub-
ject. You will understand that the people are
destitute, and that they must therefore earn
their living by working for wages, not by oc-
cupying or cultivating land on their own
account. It is obvious that land is of no use to
men who have not the means of living till they
can raise a crop. In reporting on the subject
I would request you to state what is the open-
ing in the Colony for each class of the persons
to whom I have referred; that is, for married
men with families, who have been accustomed
to out-door though not agricultural labour; for
the same class who have been employed in
in-door labour only; for single men of average
health and strength who have been employed
in out-door and in-door labour respectively;
and for young women of good character who
have been employed in the mills, but who may
have had some experience of domestic service
or might seem capable of undertaking it.

You will of course, however, not restrict
yourself to the above points, if there are any
others matters connected with the subject
which it appears to you important that Her
Majesty's Government should know.

I need hardly add, in conclusion, that I
should be anxious to receive your answer to
this despatch at your earliest convenience.

I have &c, NEWCASTLE.
Governor Sir George Grey,
&c., &c., &c.

Hawke's Bay Acts assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th July, 1863.

THE following Bills passed by the Provincial
Council Hawke's Bay, intituled,—

"The Loan Act," Session vi., No. 1,
"The Sheep and Scab Act," Session vi,
No. 2,
"The Appropriation Act," Session vi, No. 3,
"The Local Marine Board Act," Session
vi, No. 5,