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Enclosure 1. The Agent-General for Victoria to the Agent-General for New Zealand. 8, Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, Westminster, S.W., Sir,— Ist May, 1877. I have the honor, by direction of the Agent-General for Victoria, to thank you for a printed copy of your letter of the 7th February last, No. 147, addressed to the Hon. the Premier of New Zealand, having references to the inscription of colonial stock. The Agent-General for New Zealand, I have, &c, 7, Westminster Chambers. S. Yabdley.

Enclosure 2. The Agent-General for South Australia to the Agent-General for New Zealand. Office of Agent-General for South Australia, 8, Victoria Chambers, Sib, — Westminster, London, S. W"., Ist May, 1877. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of, and to thank you for, the printed copy of tie correspondence on the subject of " Inscription of Colonial Stock," you so considerately forwarded for my perusal. I have, &c, Arthur Bltth, The Agent-General for New Zealand, &c. Agent-General.

No. 4. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand, to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetart, New South Wales. Sib, — - Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1877. I have the honor to forward, for the information of the Government of New South Wales, a copy of correspondence relative to the proposed Colonial Stocks Bill, by which it will be seen that differences have unfortunately ariseu between Mr. Forster, the Agent-General for New South Wales, and Sir Julius Vogel, the Agent-General for New Zealand. As the proposal to inscribe New Zealand stock in London, and the negotiations with the Imperial Government and the Bank of England, were initiated by Sir Julius Vogel when iv London in 1875, it is natural that he should have felt much anxiety on fiuding that the proposed measure was not progressing, and that he should have taken steps to further the object which his Government had in view. The Agents-General of the several colonies interested have hitherto worked harmoniously together, and we hope that the Agent-General of New South Wales will see the necessity of acting in cordial co-operation with the Agents-General of the other Australasian Colonies. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, New South Wales. Charles C. Bowen. By Authority : OEOBaE Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington. —1877. Price 9d.]

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