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No. 22, March 15,1873. No. 24, March 17, 1873. No. 25, March 19,1873.

No. 2. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 75.) Sir, — Downing Street, 6th December, 1872. I have received and laid before the Queen your Despatch No. 77, of 7th September, forwarding a translation of a report of a Native meeting held to celebrate the return of the Native population of the East Coast to Christianity, and to their allegiance to the British Crown. I have read this Despatch with interest and satisfaction. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBEELEY.

No. 3. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. (No. 2.) Sir, — Downing Street, Bth January, 1873. I have to acknowledge your Despatch No. 87, of 26th October, explaining the circumstances in which Mr. Stafford asked for a dissolution on the defeat of his Ministry, and the considerations which led you to decline to accede to that request. I have, &c, Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G. KIMBEELEY.

No. 4. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. (No. 15.) Sir, — Downing Street, 28th February, 1873. I have received and read with much interest and satisfaction Sir George Bowen's Despatch No. 106, of the 6th December, reporting his official visit to the Eangitikei and Manawatu Districts, and describing the circumstances which attended his conference at Foxton with the assembled chiefs and clans of the southern portion of the Island. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government KIMBEELEY. of New Zealand.

No. 5. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. the Earl of Kimberley to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. (No. 38.) Sir, — Downing Street, 31st May, 1873. I have received Sir George Bowen's Despatches of the numbers and dates in the margin. I have read with interest Sir George Bowen's account of his parting interview with the Northern Maoris at Ngaruawahia, as affording a further proof of the friendly relations which exist between the English settlers and Natives in the Waikato, and of the satisfactory condition of Native affairs. I have to add that Her Majesty's Government are fully sensible of the success and ability with which Sir George Bowen administered the Government of New Zealand. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government KIMBEELEY. of New Zealand.