SIR G. GREY'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE (FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1876 Session I, A-01d

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1876. NEW ZEALAND.

SIR G. GREY'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE (FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO).

Presented to both Somes of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

No. 1. The Private Secretary to His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland. Government House, Sir,— Wellington, 9th October, 1876. I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated 7th instant, covering copy of a cablegram of the same date, which you inform His Excellency you forwarded to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies. I have, &c, IRWIN C. MALING, 35th Regiment, Private Secretary. His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland, &c. s Wellington.

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No. 2. His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland to Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby. My Lord, — Wellington, New Zealand, 16th October, 1876. I have the honor to enclose a telegram to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, which I respectfully request your Excellency will be so good as to transmit without delay. I have, &c, His Excellency the Governor. G. GREY.

Enclosure. New Zealand, October 16th, 1876. I eespectfullt state that when I sent a telegram on the 7th instant, the knowledge that the Governor had written his despatch of the 21st June last was withheld from me. I knew nothing of its contents, nor did the Assembly. The Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, London. G. Geet.

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No. 3. Memorandum for His Excellency. Ministers have had under consideration the copy of a telegram which has been sent to His Excellency by Sir George Grey, the Superintendent of Auckland, with a request that it may be transmitted to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, without delay. Ministers are of opinion that the subject-matter of the telegram is not of such a nature as to justify the expense of transmitting it by telegraph. Ministers respectfully recommend that it be forwarded by the outgoing mail on Friday next; and that Sir George Grey be informed accordingly. Wellington, 16th October, 1876. H. A. ATKINSON.

No. 4. The Private Secretary to His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland. . Government House, Sir,— Wellington, 17th October, 1876. I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor's letter of yesterday's date, enclosing the copy of a telegram from yourself to the Secretary of State, which you request may be forwarded without delay. His Excellency has submitted your request for the consideration of his Responsible Advisers; and he desires me to inform you that they are of opinion, that the subject-matter of the message is not of such a nature as to justify the expense of transmission by telegraph. This communication will therefore be forwarded by the out-going mail. I have, &c, IRWIN C. MALING, 35th Regiment, Private Secretary. His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland, &c, Wellington.

No. 5. The Private Secretary to His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland. Government House, Sir,— Wellington, 18th October, 1876. I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor's two letters of this day's date, and at the same time to draw youp Honor's attention to section 218, page 55, of the Colonial Regulations, in which it is laid down that communications to the Secretary of State through the Governor must be furnished in triplicate. I have, therefore, to request you to be good enough to furnish to His Excellency two more copies of each of your Honor's letters. I have &c, IRWIN C. MALING, 35th Regiment, Private Secretary. His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland, &c, Wellington.

No. 6. The Private Secretary to His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland. .. Government House, Sir,— Wellington, 19th October, 1876. I am desired by his Excellency the Governor to forward, for your Honor's information, a copy of a telegram which he has received this morning from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reply to the telegrams sent by your Honor on the 7th instant, and by Mr. Macandrew on the 6th instant. I have, &c, IRWIN C. MALING, 35th Regiment, Private Secretary. His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland, &c, Wellington.

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Enclosure. 16th October. Hate received telegrams from Superintendents Macandrew and Grey, complaining of enforcement of Provincial Abolition Act against strong feelings of provinces, and urging reference to Law Officer and disallowance ; also stating disturbances imminent. You may reply, Act was duly allowed on advice of Law Officer, and cannot be disallowed. I trust no real risk of unconstitutional disturbances, and I have full confidence in your judgment. The Governor of New Zealand. Cabnabvon.

No. 7. His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland to Governor the Most Honorable the Marquis of Normanby. My Lord,— Wellington, 19th October, 1876. Adverting to my letters to your Lordship of yesterday's date, I have now the honor to transmit slips of the speeches of four members of the Auckland Provincial Council (Mr. Rees, Mr. Lusk, Mr. Sheehan, Mr. Swanson), in their places in the General Assembly, in which they prove, from their own knowledge, the use of threats of violence in forcing the Abolition Act on the Colony, and disprove the allegations made by Your Excellency, that I had dictated a certain Resolution to the Provincial Council of Auckland. I have marked on the slips the important parts in the enclosed speeches. There were several other members of the Auckland Provincial Council in the Assembly when the enclosed speeches were made, and they did not attempt to contradict or question them. I trust your Excellency will be pleased to transmit a copy of this letter, and the enclosed slips, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. I have, &c, His Excellency the Governor. G. GREY.

No. 8. Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. Government House, My Lord,— Wellington, 20th October, 1876. At a late hour last night, I received a third letter from Sir George Grey, enclosing certain proof sheets of Hansard, in which he has marked passages in the speeches of Messrs. Rees, Lusk, Sheehan, and Swanson, which he is anxious should be brought under your Lordship's notice. I have not had time to read these speeches; but as I have in the usual course forwarded to your Lordship a complete copy of Hansard up to the latest date, including the dates forwarded by Sir George Grey, I can, of course, have no objections to comply with his request. I "have, &c, The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon, &c. NORMANBY.

No. 9. The Private Secretary to His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland. Government House, Sir,— Wellington, 20th October, 1876. I am directed by His Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor's letter of the 19th instant, enclosing certain proof sheets of Hansard, which you request might be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies; and to inform you that in the present instance he has forwarded a copy of your letter, together with the enclosures. I am further directed again to call your Honor's attention to the directions contained in paragraph 218, page 55, of the Colonial Office Regulations, which requires that correspondence to be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies should be forwarded in triplicate; and to inform you that His Excellency the Governor will in future decline to forward any correspondence unless this rule is complied with. I have, &c, IRWIN C. MALING, 35th Regiment, Private Secretary. His Honor the Superintendent of Auckland, &c, Wellington.

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