74 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 4

Despatches.-Acknowledging Telegrams of Sympathy the death of President Garfield, received from the
on the occasion of the Death of President Garfield. Australian Colonies.

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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th January, 1882.

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

Downing Street, 13th October, 1881.

SIR,-With reference to your telegram of the 27th
September, containing an address of sympathy from
the House of Representatives of New Zealand,
occasioned by the death of the President of the
United States, I have the honor to transmit to you,
for the information of your Government, a copy of a
letter from the Foreign Office, covering one from the
United States Minister, requesting that the acknow-
ledgments of the late President's family and of the
American people may be conveyed to the Parliament
of New Zealand for their telegram of sympathy.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

Administrator Prendergast, &c.

The Foreign Office to the Colonial Office.

Foreign Office, 7th October, 1881.

SIR,-With reference to Sir Julian Pauncefote's
letter of the 28th ultimo, I am directed by Earl
Granville to transmit to you the accompanying copy
of a communication which has been received from the
United States Minister at this Court, requesting that
the heartfelt acknowledgments of the bereaved
family of the late President Garfield and of the
American people may be conveyed to the Parlia-
ment of New Zealand for the telegram of sympathy
received from that colony, which was duly forwarded
to Washington in accordance with the request con-
tained in your letter of the 28th ultimo; and I am
to request that, in laying this letter before the Earl
of Kimberley, you will move his Lordship to cause
effect to be given to Mr. Lowell's wishes in the
matter.

I have, &c.,
TENTERDEN.

The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

Mr. Lowell to Earl Granville.

Legation of the United States,
London, 3rd October, 1881.

MY LORD,-I have the honor to acquaint your
Lordship that I received on the evening of the 1st
instant a telegram from Mr. Hitt, Acting-Secretary
of State at Washington, instructing me to request
your Lordship to transmit to the Parliament of
New Zealand the heartfelt acknowledgments of the
bereaved family of the late President Garfield and
of the American people for a telegram of tender
sympathy received from that distant colony, which is
especially appreciated in this hour of grief.

I have, &c.,
J. R. LOWELL.

The Earl Granville, K.G., &c.

Downing Street, 16th November, 1881.

SIR,-With reference to my despatch (general) of
the 13th of October, I have the honor to transmit
to you, for the information of your Government, a
copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, enclosing a
copy of a note addressed by Mr. Blaine, to Her
Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Washington, in ac-
knowledgment of the telegrains of condolence on

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the death of President Garfield, received from the
Australian Colonies.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

Governor the Hon. Sir A. H. Gordon,
G.C.M.G., &c.

The Foreign Office to the Colonial Office.

Foreign Office, 9th November, 1881.

SIR,-I am directed by Her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be
laid before the Earl of Kimberley, a copy of a note
addressed by Mr. Blaine to Her Majesty's Chargé
d'Affaires at Washington, in acknowledgment of
the telegrams of condolence on the death of Pre-
sident Garfield, proceeding from the Australian
Colonies.

I have, &c.,
TENTERDEN.

The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

Mr. Secretary Blaine to Victor Drummond, Esq.

Department of State,
Washington, 6th October, 1881.

SIR,-I have had the honor to receive your Lega-
tion's communication to this department of several
instructions addressed to you by Lord Granville,
conveying the singularly-affecting telegrams of con-
dolence on the death of President Garfield, received
by the Foreign Office from Her Majesty's distant
possessions in Australia and Tasmania. It has
afforded me unfeigned gratification to make heart-
felt acknowledgment of these consolatory messages
through the United States Legation in London.
The oneness of the residents of every party of the
wide British domain with the family of the dead
Chief Magistrate and with the American people in
their afflicting trial has touched our hearts very
deeply.

I have, &c.,
JAMES G. BLAINE.

Victor Drummond, Esq.

Importation of Cattle into South Australia, except
from certain Places, prohibited.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1882.

THE following Proclamation, prohibiting the
importation into South Australia of horned
cattle, sheep, and pigs, with certain exceptions, is
published for general information.
THOMAS DICK.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA, } PROCLAMATION by His Excel-
TO WIT. } lency Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS
DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Major-General in Her
Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Companion of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over the Province of South Australia
and the Dependencies thereof, &c.
(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Parliament of South
Australia passed in a session held in the twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth years of Her Majesty's reign, No. 12,
intituled "An Act to enable the Governor to prevent
the Importation of Cattle into South Australia under
certain Circumstances, and for other Purposes," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor from
time to time, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council, by Proclamation in the South
Australian Government Gazette, to prohibit the
introduction or importation of any cattle, or any
particular description of cattle, into the said province,