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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

"The Waitahuna West District Road Compul-
sory Land Taking Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Riverton Drill Shed Reserve Management
Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Palmerston School Glebe Exchange Ordin-
ance, 1874;"
"The Invercargill Reserves Management Ordin-
ance Amendment Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Port Chalmers School Reserve Sale Ordin-
ance, 1874;"
"The Dunedin Presbyterian Church Lands
Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Roads Diversion Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Roads Diversion Ordinance No. 2, 1874;"
and
"The Castle Street Diversion Ordinance, 1874,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Provincial Ordinances left to their operation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1874.

THE following Ordinances, passed by the Provincial
Council and assented to by the Superintendent
of Otago on behalf of the Governor, intituled

"The Hospitals Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Municipal Corporations Act Amendment
Act 1873 Introduction Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Dunedin City Council Borrowing Powers
Extension Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Clyde Corporation Borrowing Powers
Extension Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinances
Amendment Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Otago Dock Trust Ordinance 1865
Repeal Ordinance, 1874;"
"The Sawyers Bay Lands Leasing Ordinance,
1874;"
"The Roslyn Institute Ordinance, 1874;" and
"The Caledonian Society of Otago Incorporation
Ordinance, 1874,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of dis-
allowance in respect to the same.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Provincial Acts allowed by the Governor.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1874.

THE following Acts passed by the Provincial
Marlborough for the signification of the Governor's
pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Marlborough Publican's House Manage-
ment Act, 1874;"
"The Superintendent's Land Alienation and
Leasing Act, 1874;" and
"The Roads Diversion Act, 1874,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to assent to the same.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Despatches from the Secretary of State.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 1st September, 1874.

THE following despatches, with enclosures, from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies, are published for general information.

DANIEL POLLEN.

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 17th June, 1874.

SIR, -I transmit to you, for publication in the
colony under your government, a copy of a letter
from the Foreign Office, together with an extract of
a letter from the German Ambassador at this Court,
stating that German Consular protection may be
afforded to Swiss people residing abroad, on their
applying for it.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Mr. Bourke to the Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

[COPY.]

Foreign Office, 12th June, 1874.

SIR, -I am directed by the Earl of Derby to transmit
to you, for the information of the Earl of Carnarvon,
the accompanying translation of a letter from the
German Ambassador at this Court, stating that Ger-
man Consular protection may be afforded to Swiss
people residing abroad on their applying for it; and
I am to request that you will move His Lordship to
take the necessary steps in order that the Officers
serving under the Colonial Office may be informed
of this arrangement.

I am, &c.,
ROBERT BOURKE.

The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

Extract of a Letter from Count Münster to the Earl
of Derby, dated German Embassy, June 3, 1874.

"A special case which has come to the knowledge
of the Imperial Government gives me occasion to
apply for Your Excellency's kind intervention for
the purpose of having the Royal British Authorities,
both in England itself and in the British colonies,
informed that German Consular protection may be
afforded, on their application, to Swiss people residing
abroad."

"This circumstance rests upon an agreement made
in the year 1871, and renewed in the year 1872,
between the German Imperial Chancery Office and
the Swiss Federal Council."

"Especially with reference to the arrangement of
inheritances in the colonies, it appears desirable that
the protective relation in question should be known
to the respective authorities."

Downing Street, 5th June, 1874.

SIR, -I forwarded to the Foreign Office, to be laid
before the Earl of Derby, a copy of your despatch,
No. 8, of the 18th of February, conveying the desire
of the Provincial Government of Otago to present
Captain Jacquemart, of the French war vessel "La
Vire," with a service of plate in recognition of the
assistance rendered by him to the shipwrecked pas-
sengers and crew of the ship "Surat;" and I trans-
mit to you a copy of a letter from that department
enclosing a despatch from Lord Lyons, with a note
from the Duc Decazes conveying the permission of
the French Government to Captain Jacquemart to
accept the service.

A copy of the letter has been communicated to the
Agent-General, Dr. Featherston.

I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

Governor the Right Hon.
Sir James Fergusson, Bart., &c.