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No. 1. THE DEPUTY COMMISSARY GENERAL TO THE PRIVATE SECRETARY. Commissariat, Auckland, 11th December, 1862. Sir, — In reply to your letter of this date, and in accordance with the request of His Excellency the Governor, I do myself the honor to hand you herewith a duplicate of my letter of the 2ud September, 1862, to the Private Secretary, with copies of the enclosures relative to the stoppages of all further advances from the Treasury Chest under my charge, for Colonial purposes. I have, &c, H. Stanley Jones, The private Secretary, Deputy Commissary General. &c, &c, &c, Auckland.

(No. »136 c.)

No. 2. THE DEPUTY COMMISSARY GENERAL TO THE PRIVATE SECRETARY. Commissariat, Auckland, 2nd September, 1862. Sir — I do myself the honor to hand you herewith, for the information of His Excellency the Governor and the Colonial Government, copy of a communication from the Secretary to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, number and date as per margin, together with an extract from the Treasury Minute conveying their Lordships' orders prohibiting me from making any further advances from the Treasury Chest either " for carrying out the scheme for the " pacification of the Native Districts proposed by Sir George Grey, or for any other Colonial " purpose." I am, however, directed to remit all claims against the Colony for such portion of the Colonial contribution of £5 per man for its Military defence as may be shewn to have been expended in each of the three "years commencing Ist January, 1862, for Native purposes over and above £26,000 per annum of Colonial funds- but this concession is coupled with the provision that the existing debt due for Militia and other advances is previously repaid into the Treasury Chest. The sums expended in this Colony, as shewn by statements already rendered to the end of October last, and the contribution of £5 per man to3lstMarch, lbu'l, amounted to £123,710 18s., but the Treasury claim is for £193,180 ss. 6d. I can only account for this extra charge by the supposition that the Treasury have added the cost of the Iron Barracks at Taranaki omitted in my former statement of charges, the expenditure incurred in bringing Troops to the Colony, aud other services not paid for here. The sums disbursed by me between October, 1861, and the 30th June last, together with the contribution of £5 per man to 31st March, 1862 only, amounted to £76,450 16s. 10d., as shewn by the statements rendered. The debt therefore of the Colony on the 30th June last amounted to £269,631 2s. 4d., exclusive of payments not made in this Colony (since 29th October, 1860. I also do myself the honor to hand you herewith copy of a letter from the Assistant Military Secretary conveying the Lieut-General's directions for the immediate discontinuance of all payments on behalf of the Colony. It is therefore my duty to stop all further advances for Militia purposes at Taranaki, all issues of allowances to that Force, and the working pay of small Military parties still employed on the Great South Eoad, and according to the concluding paragraph of the Assistant Military Secretary's letter, I respectfully solicit information as to the mode of payment proposed by the Colonial Government for such small amounts as are now due for the parties working on the Great South Koad. 1 have, &c, H. Stanley Jones, The Private Secretary, Deputy Commissary General. &c, &c., &c, Wellington.

(No. 2841 c.) Treasury Chambers, 13th June, 1868 IGUS6, 16860, 1861.

As per accompanying statement. ,{Oth August, IOSt,

MILITARY EXPENDITURE.