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trust to your kindness to carry this request into effect in such a way that we may not seem to be encroaching on the bounty of our neighbours in Australia.

(Signed) G. CUTFIELD,
Superintendent.

The Honorable
The Colonial Secretary
of Victoria, Melbourne.

Extract from the Minutes of the proceedings of the Provincial Council at the sitting held on Monday, 26th November, 1860.

The following Resolution was adopted:

1. The Provincial Council of Taranaki desire to return their warmest thanks to their countrymen and fellow-colonists in New South Wales, Victoria, and throughout New Zealand, for the sympathy and aid which has been afforded to the settlers of Taranaki on occasion of their losses and privations by the Maori Insurrection. They are convinced that the people of Taranaki have been much cheered by that sympathy, and that they feel heartily grateful for the friendly relief, which will lighten their difficulties at the conclusion of the war.

This Council requests the Superintendent to join in the above resolution and to forward copies thereof to the various local Governments of New South Wales, Victoria, and the New Zealand Provinces for publication.

This Council is of opinion that the Superintendent should request the above Governments to recommend that all local subscriptions in aid of Taranaki be paid into the Union Bank of Australia, Auckland, to the credit of the "Taranaki General Relief Fund" in the names of the Colonial Treasurer of New Zealand and the Provincial Treasurer of Taranaki.

A copy of the above correspondence addressed also to the Honorable the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales.

Provincial Treasury,
New Plymouth, 26th January, 1861.

SIR,—With reference to my report of 22nd December, 1860, to the Superintendent of Taranaki, in which I recommended that the funds in the hands of the several Taranaki Aid Committees in Nelson should be retained till the end of the war, I have the honor to request your attention to a report of the proceedings of a final meeting of the Committee of the Taranaki Relief Fund of Sydney, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald of January 16, at which the following resolutions were passed:—

It was moved by Mr James, seconded by Mr Bate "That it is the instructions of the Committee to the Treasurer to remit the balance now in his hands to the credit of the Taranaki Relief Fund, or any amount which he may hereafter receive by first opportunity to Mr H. C. Daniel as chairman of the relief fund there." (Passed.)

And it was further moved by Mr Joseph, seconded by Mr H. C. Caraher "That in the remittance to Mr H. C., Daniel the Treasurer should suggest that in the event of there not being any cases of immediate necessity requiring relief that the funds both now and previously forwarded by this Committee should be held and appropriated in conjunction with any other monies that may be available for the assistance of the Taranaki settlers at the termination of the war."

In accordance with the spirit of these resolutions, I have therefore the honor to request that you will take the necessary steps for the transfer of the funds received from Sydney to the joint credit of the Honorable the Colonial Treasurer and the Provincial Treasurer of Taranaki with the Union Bank of Australia, Auckland.

(Signed) I have, &c.,
T. KING,
Provincial Treasurer.

W. Gray, Esq., Nelson.

Nelson, 21st February, 1861.

SIR,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ult., requesting me to take the necessary steps to have the sums of money now in the hands of the Committees in Nelson remitted for the relief of the sufferers by the Taranaki war, put to the joint credit of the Colonial Treasurer and the Provincial Treasurer of Taranaki in the Union Bank of Australia at Auckland.

In reply I have to inform you that I have taken the earliest opportunity of laying your letter before the Committees.

The Taranaki Aid Committee consider your application to them through me is irregular, consequently they declined entertaining it. I would therefore submit that you apply to them direct through their Secretary, Oswald Curtis, Esq., merchant, Nelson.

The Taranaki Relief Fund Committee have transmitted to me copies of resolutions passed by them in reference to your letter, copies of which I enclose for your information.

(Signed) I have, &c.,
WILLIAM GRAY,
The Provincial Treasurer,
Taranaki.

Nelson, 20th February, 1861.

SIR,—I am requested by this Committee