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colonial secretary's department. Records —about 400, 200 of which would be the latest of this year : — Patent Books (Record of Commissions, &c.) Record Book of Writs issued for Members of the House of Representatives, Superintendents, and Members of the Provincial Councils. General Register of Letters received since about October or November, 1861. Letter Book.—Registrar-General, from January, 1859. Do. Legislative, from 28th May, 1860. Do. Ecclesiastical, from January, 1855. Do. Medical, from February, 1856. Do. Commissioners of Crown Lands, from November, 1855. Do. Postmasters, from January, 1856. Do. Sub-Treasurers, from January, 1855. Do. Customs, from October, 1859. Do. Inspector of Public Works, from January, 1858. Do. Registrars of Supreme Court, from Januaiy, 1842. Do. Military, from January, 1856. Do. containing Letters to other Ministerial Departments, from January, 1859. Do. Resident Magistrates, from October, 1859. Do. Meteorological, from 20th November, 1861. Do. Superintendents, from sth December, 1861. Do. Returning Officers from 4th February, 1862. Do. Foreign, from 13 th March, 1861. Do. Miscellaneous, from 7th October, 1861. Do. Private Secretary, from July, 1850. Do. Secretary for Crown Lands. Do. Deputy Adjutant General. Do. Judicial. Governor's Messages to House of Representatives, from August, 1855. Governor's Messages to Legislative Council, from 6th June, 1861. Message Book, under New Provinces Act, from 27th July, la6l. Blank Cover Reference Book, from sth March, 1860. May's Parliamentary Practice, 1859. Rules, &c, of Houso of Commons on public business, 1859. (2 copies.) Standing Orders on Private Bills, 1861. Decisions of the Speaker of the House of Commons. (1 copy.) Standing Orders.—House of Commons, 1861. (2 copies.) ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. The whole letters of the Department, from Ist January to 30th Juue, 1862, with such of i. previous date as were attached in the usual way : — Printed copies of certain Bills. Copy of a Police Report from Otago. Copies of recent Statutes of New South Wale*, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. The whole Records, Letter Books, and Papers of the Land Registry Department, since it r> foundation in 1860. The whole Letters, Minute Books, and Account Books of the "Public Domains Board." AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT. The whole of the Colonial Accounts with supporting vouchers for the period included between Ist July, 1860, and 30th September, 1861 :— Auditor's Abstract Book of Accounts for the period included between the Ist July, 1860, and 31st March, 1861. Auditor's Journal of Accounts. Auditor's Ledgers.

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Colonial Treasurer's Abstract Book of the Accounts for the year ending 30th June, 1861, containing in detail the Receipts and Disbursements of the Government of New Zealand, as shewn in the Colonial Treasurer's Statement of Account to be laid on the Table of the House of Representatives for final Audit by the Audit Committee.

DEPARTMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Four boxes from the Government Printer at Auckland, containing 250 copies of each of the Sessional Papers lettered A—No. 1, A—No. 2, A—No. 2a, A—No. 3, A—No. 4, A—No. 4a, A—No. 5, A—No. 6a, A—No. 6b, A—No. 7, A—No. 8 ; B—No. 1, B—No. 2 ; C—No. 2; D—No. 2, D—No. 3, D—No. 4a, D—No. 5, D—No. 7, D—No. 9; E—No. 1, E—No. 2, E—No. 3, E—No. 4, E—No. 5, E—No. sa, E—No. 6, E—No. 7, E—No. 8. 100 copies Standing Orders, House of Representatives. 1 box containing a large portion of the Library of Reference of the House of Representatives, viz.— Journals and Appendix, 1854. (2 volumes.) 1855. 2 do. 1856. 4 do. 1858. 6 do. " 1860. " 10 do. 1861. 12 do. Statutes, 1854-5-6. (4 volumes.) do. 1858. 6 do. do. 1860. 6 do. Gazettes, 1853-4. 1 do. do. 1855-6. 1 do. do. 1859. 1 do. do. 1860. 1 do. Journals and Appendix, 1854 to 1860. (5 volumes.) Legislative Council do. 1854 to 1858. 1 do. Imperial Acts 1 do. Statutes, 1854 to 1856. (1 volume.) do. 1858. 1 do. do. 1860. 1 do. do. 1861. 1 do. Ordinances of Leg. Council N. Z., (Domett's vol.) (4 volumes.) Constitution Act 8 do. Letter Books 2 do. Address Book < 1 do. Order Book 1 do.

LIBRARY. Almanac, British, and Companion, from 1854 to 1857. 3 vols. American Law, Commentaries on, by Kent. 4 vols. " " by Dr. J. Story. 2 vols. Aichbold's Bankruptcy Law. 1 vol. Authority, influence of, in matters of opinion—G. C. Lewis. 1 vol. Bills in Parliament, Practice as to, by B. Lumley. 1 vol. Blair's Chronological Tables. 1 vol. Bonrke, the Hon. R., Parliamentary Precedents. 1 vol. British Empire, a description and Statistical Account of—McCullock. 2 vols. Chitty, J., juu., a Treatise on the Law of the Prerogatives of the Crown, and the relative duties aud rights of the subject. 1 vol. Conflict of Laws, Story's Commentaries on. 1 vol. Contracts, Dr. J. Story, on the Law of. 2 vols. Dependencies, on the Government of —G. C. Lewis. 1 vol. Dwaris, Sir F., General Treatise on Statutes, assisted by H. H. Aymott, Esq., Barrister at Law. 1 vol. Election Laws —Rogers. 1 vol. Equity Jurisprudence, Commentaries on, by Dr. J. Story. 2 vols. Maritime Warfare, a Manual of the Law of, embodying the decisions of Lord Stowell and other English Judges, and of the American Courts, and the opinions of the most eminent Jurists, with an Appendix of the Official Documents and Correspondence—William Hazlitt and H. P. Roche. 1 vol. Political Economy—W. Atkinson. 1 vol. J. R. McCulloch. 1 vol. J. S. Mill. 2 vols. " J. L. Ricardo. 1 vol. ," " Sismondi. 1 vol.

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Political Economy—Archbishop Whately. 1 vol. " " Essays on some unsettled questions of—J. S. Mill. 1 vol. Prisons of Great Britain (20th Report). 1 vol. Smith, Adam, an Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, with Life and Notes, by J. R. McCulloch. 4 vols. Wakefield, E. G., a view of the Art of Colonization. 1 vol. Auckland Provincial Council Acts, 1853 to 1858. 1 vol. South Australia Parliamentary Papers, 1861. 3 vols. Queensland, 1860, votes, &c. 1 vol. Journals of House of Assembly of Tasmania, 1859. 1 vol. Cape of Good Hope, Votes &c., 1860. 1 vol. Estimates, New South Wales, 1862. Sessional Papers of Ceylon, 1861. 1 vol. 2 files New Zealand Gazettes, 1862, to No. 23. • May's Parliamentary Practice. 1 vol. Dwarris on Statutes. 1 vol. May's Parliamentary Practice. 1 vol. Stamp's Index to the Statutes,

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