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be paid as salary, and £350 as an allowance for travelling expenses ; the latter sum being added on the ground that, in the proper discharge of his duties, the agent would be always travelling." It is therefore manifest that at tho time Mr. Walker was appointed I was receiving a sum of £350 per annum for travelling expenses, and was supposed to be continually travelling. I therefore could not be expected to pay capitation fees out of this sum. I cannot imagine that Dr. Eeatherston could have been ignorant of the contents of the letter mentioned above, and its enclosure, to which his signature was affixed, or that he was ignorant of the fact of my using 2\, Corporation Street, Belfast, as an emigration office, and as a centre to which my correspondence could be forwarded; neither do I imagine he was ignorant of the fact that Mr. Walker's operations would be carried on at 2J-, Corporation Street. I would also desire to point out to the Agent-General, that in the printed official list of agents appointed by himself appears the name of Mr. J. Walker, clerk to Mr. H. W. Farnall, 2%, Corporation Street, Belfast. This appears in the printed list of agents bearing date 13th May, 1873, also in the printed list bearing date 18th August, 1873. These lists are, I apprehend, authentic official documents. It is therefore on record that Mr. Walker was a local agent, thougli nominally my clerk ; and from the fact of his name appearing in at least two lists of agents as acting in that double capacity, it would appear that it must, or at all events ought to, have been known by all those whom it concerned. I have, &c, The Private Secretary of the Agent-General Haeey W. Faenall. for Now Zealand. Sub-Enclosure 2 to Enclosure 2 in No. 63. 7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., Sic, — 3rd February, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 30th ultimo, and to inform you that it has been laid before the Agent-General, in accordance with your request. I am directed by the Agent-General to state that he declines any further correspondence with you on the subject thereof. I have, &c, Harry W. Farnall, Esq., 2, Devonshire Buildings, W. L. Builee. Bath.

Enclosure 3 in No. 63. The Hon. J. Vogel to Mr. Faenall. Sib, — Immigration Office, Wellington, 6th May, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letters dated 10th February, 1874, and 13th January, 1874, which reached me by the same mail. As you are aware, the whole question of your employment and remuneration in the cause of emigration was left to the Agent-General, with whose discretionary action in the matter I do not feel called upon to interfere. It is unnecessary, therefore, for me to enter upon the subjects set forth in your letters, except to say that I have enclosed copy of them to the Agent-General, with whom you should communicate should you desire to pursue tho matter further. I have, &c, H. W. Farnall, Esq., 2i, Corporation Street, Belfast. Julius Vogel.

No. 64. The Hon. J. Vogel to the Agent-General. (No. 114.) Sic, — Immigration Office, Wellington, Gth May, 1874. I have the honor to forward herewith copy of a memorandum addressed to the Under Secretary of the Department, by the Immigration Officer at Nelson, with regard to the treatment of German emigrants when arriving in England en route to New Zealand. I desire you will give instructions that these emigrants be properly looked after upon their arrival and during their sojourn in England. I have, &c, The Agent-General for New Zealand, London. . Julius Vogel.

Enclosure in No. 64. Memoeandum by Mr. Elliott. Immigration Office, Nelson, 4th May, 1874. TnE nominators of Germans for free passages wish the attention of the Agent-General to be directed to the helpless condition of their countrywomen on reaching England for embarkation for New Zealand, particularly when unaccompanied by male friends. They complain that advantage is taken of their ignorance of our language and English manners, by Germans who represent themselves as agents of the New Zealand Government, and worm themselves into their confidence for the purpose of making a dishonest use of the knowledge they acquired. One case was mentioned of a young woman named Miiller, sister of three who are nominated in present Schedule (22), who had her box emptied