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I am further directed to forward for your information the copy of a letter recently addressed to the Agent-General for New Zealand in London, upon the subject of the recovery of a sum of £133 6s. Bd. directed to be made by that officer from you; and which letter must have crossed you on your voyage out from Home. I have, &c., W. L. Buller, Esq., Wellington. G. S. Cooper.

No. 9. The Agent-Genebal to the Hon. the Colonial Secbetaet. Sie, — 7, Westminster Chambers, 22nd January, 1875. Adverting to your letter of the llth September, No. 2046, instructing me to take steps to recover the sum of £133 6s. Bd. from my late Secretary, Mr. Buller, I have the honor to observe that as Mr. Buller had sailed for New Zealand six weeks before your letter was written, it does not seem necessary I should offer any further remarks on the subject. I have, Ac, I. E. Feathebston, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. Agent-General. By Authority: Geobge Didsbubt, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7s. [Price Gd.]