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AUCKLAND. No. 4. His Honor T. B. Gillies to the Hon. the Colonial Secretabt. Sic,— Wellington, 13th September, 1871. I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of 11th instant, and in reply have the honor to state that the Memo, sent you was that of my responsible advisers, with whose advice, so long as I do not conceive it to be injurious to the Province (as I do not in this instance), I feel bound as Superintendent to concur. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Thomas B. Gillies.