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CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE COLONIAL OFFICE AND SIR, GEORGE GREY— continued. From whom and Date. Subject. 9 Sir G-. Grey, 20 Dec, 1869 Making a Statement -which he is desirous of leaving on record, relative to a Military Execution in New Zealand ... 86 Colonial Office, 6 Jan., 1870 Acknowledging the above ... ... ... ... 89 10 11 Sir (x. Grey, 15 Jan., 1870 Draws attention to certain correspondence which was printed in the House of Commons Paper, No. 307, of 1869, and commenting on the withholding of a portion of the same correspondence 89 12 Colonial Office, 26 Jan., 1870 In reply and explanation of Sir Gr. Grey's Letter of the 15th January, 1870 92 13 Sir a. Gbey, 31 Jan., 1870 A further Statement relative to a Military Execution in New Zealand, unreporfced to the Civil authority, and declining to adopt the suggestion to ask a Member of Parliament to move for the Papers on the subject ... 93