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DESPATCHES EROM THE SECRETARY OE STATE

country in all its bearings, and the mutual relations of the Colonists and the Maoris; and it would be very satisfactory to me to learn how far the action which I have taken, and the views which I have attempted to shadoAV forth, meet with your Lordship's approval. I have, &c, The Right Hon. Earl Granville, K.G. G. E. BOWEN.

No. 12. Copy of a DESPATCH from Governor Sir G. E. Bowen, G.C.M.G., to the Right Hon. Earl Granville, K.G. (No. 102.) Government House, Wellington, My Lord, —- New Zealand, 4th August, 1869. I have the honor to report that I lost no time in directing the attention of the proper Ministerial Department to your Lordship's Despatch No. 15, of 1869, requesting that the Colonial Office may be furnished periodically Avith complete lists of the Europeans killed or wounded during the present Maori rebellion. 2. Erom the enclosed Memorandum by Mr. McLean, the Defence Minister, it will be seen that it has been found impracticable to furnish the information required in a complete and absolutely correct shape. I noAv forward the " Casualty Roll," sent to me for transmission, " of the Europeans killed and wounded by the " rebel Maoris between June 1,1868, and August 1,1869." I enclose, also, a printed Parliamentary Paper, being a " Return of the killed and wounded, Europeans and " Natives, from May 1, 1868, to June 5, 1869." It appears that it is supposed that 244 Europeans and 152 Eriendly Natives were killed and wounded during the last-mentioned interval, while the loss of the rebels is estimated at 279 killed and 242 captured; in all 521. 3. As these Returns cannot be considered as entirely accurate, I am requested to suggest that persons inquiring at the Colonial Office after their relatives and friends in New Zealand, should still be directed to apply in the usual manner through the Crown Agents in London, when every exertion will be made by the proper Colonial Departments to procure exact information in each individual case. I have, &c, The Right Hon. Earl Granville, K.G. G. E. BOWEN.

Vide Appendix, 1869, A. 3a.

Enclosure 1 in No. 12. Memoeandum by Mb. McLean. Colonial Defence Office, Wellington, 4th August, 1860. His Excellency the Governor is respectfully informed that the accompanying " Casualty Roll" is incomplete, and possibly not absolutely correct in the particulars that are given. Copies of this roll have been forwarded for correction and full particulars to Officers Commanding in the various districts where the casualties occurred; but from the scattered disposition of the Colonial troops, and the irregularity of communication, much delay has occurred in obtaining the information required. When the rolls referred to are returned to this office, a complete Casualty Roll will be prepared and forwarded to His Excellency for transmission to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Donald McLean.