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not been received at your office. Mr. Cockburu must have been misinformed, as Wellington passage order No. 57, forwarded to you with Public Works Memorandum No. 24, of the 17th February last, was in favour of Mrs. Abrahamsen. G. M. Watebiiouse, Lands and Immigration Office, (for the Hon. Minister of Immigration). Wellington, New Zealand, 10th January, 1873.

No. 32. Mr. J. K. Cockbubn to Mr. H. Bunny. Sic, — Hill Side, Porewa, Eangitikei, 2nd January, 1573. Could you oblige by letting me know, if possible, the reason that my daughter (Mrs. Abrahnmsen) has not arrived before this, as it is now seven months since I authorized you to send for her. I wrote to tell her that I had sent for her, and she had written to London to inquire three months afterwards, and her name, she was informed, was not in the list of immigrants sent for. An answer at once will oblige. Tours, &c, H. Bunny, Esq., Agent for Immigration, Wellington. James R. Cockbubn. P.S.—lt was my brother, Alexander Cockburn, who sent the papers, so they would be signed by him. Her address is—Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland.—J. E. C.

No. 33. Memorandum No. 0, 1873, for the Agent-Genebal, London. I enclose copy of a letter conveying receipt of your telegram of 24th December. You will observe that this is nearly unintelligible, and 1 would suggest that you should direct the attention of the Commissioners of Telegraphs to the inconvenience and pecuniary loss entailed upon the public by the apparently habitual mutilation of through telegrams. G. M. Water-house, Lands and Immigration Office, (for the Hon. Minister of Immigration). Wellington, New Zealand, 11th January, 1873.

Enclosure in No. 33. Mr. 11. Hum to the Hon. the Peemieb, New Zealand. Sib,— Melbourne, 2Sth December, 1872. In consequence, I presume, of a near connection of mine being in the office of the New Zealand agency in London, I have been made the medium for the transmission to you of the following telegraphic communication, which reached me yesterday:— Henby Hentt, Melbourne. London, 24th December, 3 hours — minutes. Unless Saville's congacte (query contract) renewed impossible carry on emigration present. Stval (query fkffi) requisite shipping unprocurable instructions subsidy understood placed by Granvillc in communication African Minister promissory note signed .Dahlia Agency established. If Yog. (query Vot/eV) in Melbourne give him this if we forward premier Wellington. — FeaiHKBSTON. The words " stval," "congacte," and "Yog.," I interpret as "staff," "contract," and " Vogel," as queried by myself overleaf. .Dahlia is probably a cypher word understood by^yourself, and so may possibly African be. The original telegram I retain, as Mr. Vogel is, I understand, likely to be in Melbourne next week. I remain, &c, The Premier, Government Offices, Wellington. Henby Hektx.

No. 34. Memoiiamium No. 10, 1873, for the Agent-General, London. I herewith enclose copies of correspondence with the Immigration Officer at Auckland with reference to a complaint of Mr. Jonathan Heape, as to his not having been supplied with the full quantity of bedding and utensils, for which he paid the sum of £3, before leaving England as an assisted immigrant by the ship " Agnes Muir," and I shall feel obliged by an explanation as to why the missing articles were not sent off to the ship at Gravesend, as promised by an officer of your Department. G. Matjeice O'Eorke. Lands and Immigration Office, Wellington, New Zealand, 16th January, 1873.

Enclosure in No. 34. Dr. Polled* to the lion, the Minister for Lands and Immigeation. Sib, — General Government Offices, Auckland, 6th January, 1873. I have the honor fo enclose a letter from Mr. Jonathan Heape, complaining that the quantity of bedding and utensils, for which, as an assisted immigrant by the ship "Agnes Muir," he paid the