334 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Alex. Mollison.
J. P. Armstrong.
D. Henderson.
A. Innes.
John McKenzie.
R. Stout.
C. Hickey.
H. Clark.
J. Allan.
D. Hutcheson.
Geo. Duncan.
Jas. Green.
Jno. Smith.
G. M. Webster.
Jas. Shand.
Wm. Barr.
J. L. Gillies, M.P.C. for Milton.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXHIBITS.
[A.]
Superintendent's Office,
Dunedin, 14th November, 1872.
SIR,—As there exists considerable misapprehension
with respect to the reasons which have led to Mr.
Reid ceasing to be a member of the Provincial
Executive, I am directed by the Superintendent to
to forward, for the information of the members of
the Provincial Council, the annexed correspondence
between Mr. Reid and himself on the subject.
I have, &c.,
JOHN LOGAN,
Secretary to Superintendent.

Wellington, 16th September, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR,—I have waited several days in the
expectation that you would have communicated with
me on the subject of the position which you have
accepted in the Colonial Government. It is true
that, in taking office, you have assumed a position
which is considered superior to that of Superin-
tendent of the Province, and that therefore it may
seem to you anomalous that I should call upon you
for an explanation; but you must recollect that you
still hold the position of head of the Provincial
Executive, and in that capacity I have a right to call
on you for advice and assistance. It was in your
power, before taking office, to have relieved yourself
of the anomaly of the position, by resigning your seat
in the Provincial Executive. You not only have not
done so, but you have failed even to apprise me of
your intention to accept a position which it is of
course obvious is entirely inconsistent with your
other position as head of the Provincial Executive.
You are aware that I have not allowed difference of
opinion to influence our relations, and that I have
scrupulously left to you all the discretion and
awarded you the consideration to which under a
system of constitutional government you were
entitled; but as you now hold an office which, as
already stated, is altogether inconsistent with your
position as the head of my Executive, it is
incumbent upon me to say (and I regret that the
necessity of doing so has been thrown on me), that I
have to beg of you to be so very kind as to place me
in a position at once to make more satisfactory
arrangements. I have to observe that I consider this
letter official.
Yours faithfully,
J. MACANDREW.
The Hon. D. Reid, Esq.

Wellington, 17th September, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR, -I beg to acknowledge the receipt
to-day of your letter of yesterday's date. I regret to
find that the acceptance by me of a seat in the Colonial
Executive should have caused you so much uneasi-
ness. Had I known that you expected me to apprise
you of my intention to accept such a position, or
reason to believe that such a course would have met
with your approval, it is possible that I might have
consulted you, and asked your advice, before coming
to a decision. I thank you for the information that
you have not allowed differences of opinion to in-
fluence our relations, and that you have scrupulously
left me all the discretion and awarded to me the
consideration to which, under a system of constitu-
tional government, I was entitled. I was not aware
that Members of the Provincial Executive could,
when absent from their Province, occupy a position
as Members of the Executive, and act in that
capacity. If they could, it is difficult to understand
the necessity for appointing deputies to act in their
stead. The tone of your letter will be my excuse for
reminding you that I have my responsibilities to the
Provincial Council, and that I shall be prepared to
justify my conduct to that assembly.
Yours faithfully,
D. REID.
James Macandrew, Esq., M.H.R.

Wellington, 19th September, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR,—I have received your letter of
17th instant, in reply to mine of 16th. You are
mistaken in assuming that I expressed what you are
pleased to term "uneasiness" at your having ac-
cepted a seat in the Colonial Executive, or that I
arrogated to myself any right to be consulted as to
your decision on the subject. No such construction
can fairly be placed upon my letter. I regret that
you have evaded the real point at issue, namely, the
incompatibility of the position of Minister of Public
Works with that of head of the Provincial Ex-
ecutive. You must be quite aware, both as regards
myself and the Members of the Provincial Executive
at present in Wellington, that, although absent from
the Province, we have been to some extent practically
directing its affairs. In fact, there are at this
moment questions of more or less importance which
require mutual consultation on our part.
As to your responsibilities to the Provincial Council,
I feel assured that that body will share my surprise
at the unceremonious manner in which, even without
the courtesy of a notice, you have accepted an office
incompatible with those responsibilities. It now
only remains to say that, in consequence of the com-
plaints which have reached me of the neglect which
has characterized the conduct of public business in
the Province during our absence, and the necessity
for making other Executive arrangements owing to
your services being no longer available as my respon-
sible adviser, I purpose proceeding to Dunedin
to-morrow, with a view to placing matters on a more
satisfactory footing, and that shall be glad if you
will spare me the disagreeable duty of making fresh
Executive arrangements other than in the usual way.
Yours faithfully,
J. MACANDREW.
The Hon. Donald Reid, Esq.

Wellington, 19th September, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR,—I have to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of this date.
Yours very truly,
D. REID.
James Macandrew, Esq., M.H.R., &c.

Superintendent's Office,
Dunedin, 25th September, 1872.
SIR,—Referring to the correspondence which took
place between us at Wellington, as to you resigning
your seat as a Member of the Executive Council of
Otago, I have now the honor to intimate to you that