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Enclosure. Mkmoeanuum for His I-xcell_ncy. The Premier, with the approval of the Cabinet, has the honor to submit to His Excellency the following remarks upon the despatch of the Earl of Carnarvon to !Sir Hercules Robinson (New South Wales, No. 8(>), relative to the annexation of New Guinea, a copy of which his Lordship has forwarded to His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. 2. Upon the general question of a colony urging upon the Imperial Government further annexation of islands in the Pacific, Ministers have already sufficiently expressed their views in a memorandum by the Premier, dated April sth. 3. The information which Lord Carnarvon affords of there being no present indication of the intention of any Foreign Power to acquire dependencies in the Pacific, is very important. The Premier ventures, however, to observe that it has recently been stated that France has shown such a disposition; and the close relations established between the United States and Hawaii, place the latter in a position differing but little from that of a dependency. There have not been wanting indications of a desire on the part of the United States to assume very close relations with the Navigator Islands. 4. New Zealand has no special interest in the annexation of New Guinea, excepting to the extent such annexation might form part of a general plan of dealing with the islands of the South Pacific. The Premier is of opinion that the statements as to the value of New Guinea rest on a very insufficient footing. If the portion of the island which is open to annexation is as valuable as is supposed, it is singular that the Dutch, who have spared no expense in connection with islands not very far distant, and who own part of New Guinea, have shown no disposition, as far as the Premier is aware, to acquire possession of the remainder of the island. Wellington, May 16th, 1876. Julius Vogel. By Authority i Gbojjgb Didsbuet, QroTemment Printer, Wellington.—lB76. Prioe 9d.]

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