Colonial Correspondence




NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.

**VOL. VIII.] FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1861. [No 33.]


Provincial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, 15th October, 1861.

The following despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and a letter from the President of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, to the Governor of New Zealand, are published at the request of His Excellency’s Government, for general information.

The samples of wool alluded to may be seen at this office.

J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.


THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE TO GOVERNOR GORE BROWNE.

Downing-street,
23rd May, 1861.

Sir,—I transmit to you herewith copies of a correspondence between the Board of Trade and this Department on the subject of a communication from Mr. Ripley, the President of the Chamber of Commerce at Bradford, and of an address from the Wool Supply Association of the Bradford and Halifax Chamber of Commerce, to all parties interested in the growth of Colonial and Foreign Wools. Mr. Ripley is desirous that the Address, together with prepared samples of Wool, should be disseminated through her Majesty’s Consuls and Governors to all places from which Wool is exported to this country. I enclose, therefore, with this correspondence the packets intended

for the Colony under your government, and I have to request that you will give publicity to the facts contained in the address, as suggested by the Board of Trade.

I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.

Governor Gore Browne, C.B.


Enclosure I.

Mr. Booth to Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

Office of Committee of
Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, 18th March, 1861.

Sir,—I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to transmit to you, to be laid before the Duke of Newcastle, the accompanying copy of a letter and its enclosure which has been received from the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Bradford.

Mr. Ripley has been informed that the communication has been referred for the consideration of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and I am to request that you will suggest to the Duke of Newcastle the expediency of issuing directions for giving publicity to the facts contained in this document, as proposed in the letter of the President of the Chamber.

I have, &c.,
JAMES BOOTH.

The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.



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🏛️ Publication of Colonial Despatches

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
15 October 1861
Correspondence, Wool Trade, Colonial Office, Bradford Chamber of Commerce
  • J. Woodward, Acting Provincial Secretary

🌏 Despatch from the Duke of Newcastle to Governor Gore Browne

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
23 May 1861
Wool Trade, Colonial Correspondence, Bradford Chamber of Commerce
  • The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies
  • Governor Gore Browne, C.B.

🏛️ Enclosure from the Committee of Privy Council for Trade

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
18 March 1861
Trade Correspondence, Wool Trade, Colonial Office
  • James Booth, Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade