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No. 16. Copt of a DESPATCH from Governor the Right Hon. Sir J. Fergusson, Bart., to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 92.) Government House, Auckland, Mt Lord, — New Zealand, 25th November, 1874. I have the honor to inform your Lordship that, having been apprised by the Marquis of Normanby of his intention to proceed from Sydney to this place by a steam packet, which will probably arrive on the 30th instant, I have come to meet His Lordship, and have made arrangements for his being sworn in immediately upon his arrival, after which I shall leave the colony upon my return to England. I have, &c, The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. JAMES FERGUSSON.

No. 17. Copt of a DESPATCH from Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanbt, to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 94.) Government House, Wellington, Mt Lord, — New* Zealand, 21st December, 1874. I have the honor to inform your Lordship that, on my arrival at Auckland, on the 3rd instant, I took the oaths of office before His Honor the Chief Justice, Sir George Arney, and have assumed the government of this colony. 2. The reception which was accorded to me by the inhabitants of Auckland, and also at Wellington, was most gratifying and enthusiastic, and it was the more pleasing to me as it evinced the loyalty and affection which the people of this colony feel towards Her Majesty. I have, &c, The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. NORMANBY.

——^^^^^——————.— No. 18. Copt of a DESPATCH from Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanbt, to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 97.) Government House, Wellington, Mt Lord, — New Zealand, 21st December, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's despatch, dated 10th September, 1874, forwarding for general information the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown that a certificate of naturalization, granted under either of the Acts of 1844 or 1870, confers upon an alien no rights or privileges in a British colony. I have, &c, The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. NORMANBY.

No. 19. Copt of a DESPATCH from Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanbt, to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. (No. 99.) Government House, Wellington, Mt Lord, — New Zealand, 21st December, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge your Lordship's despatch dated 26th September, 1874, acknowledging my predecessor's Despatch No. 51, of the 29th July last, enclosing addresses to Her Majesty from both Houses of the General Assembly, on the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh with H.I.H. the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia.