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No. 4. The Agent-General to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. Sir, — 7, Westminster Chambers, London, 29th November, 1878. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th September, No. 175, respecting the employment of Mr. William Jackson Barry, who is returning to England, as an agent in procuring emigrants for the colony. In reply, I have to inform you that I will endeavour to give effect to the wishes you have expressed on the subject. I have, &c., Julius Vogel, The Hon. the Minister for Immigration, Wellington. Agent-General.

No. 5. Extract from a Letter from the Hon. J. Ballance to the Agent-General. 21st December, 1878. ****** Re Captain Barry. In order that no misunderstanding may arise in reference to this gentleman, and because of reports it is said he has been circulating in the colony, I wish you to distinctly understand that his employment as an agent, for such a period as you think desirable, is wholly left to you. You are not to employ him unless you think him suitable; and, if you employ him at all, it is only as agent on commission, and then for a short period only. I have, &c., The Agent-General for New Zealand, J. Ballance, London. (For the Minister for Immigration.)

No. 6. Extract from a Letter from the Agent-General to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. Sir, — 7, Westminster Chambers, Loudon, 25th March, 1879. ****** I notice the option you give me with respect to employing Captain Barry, and your instructions that in any case lam only to employ him as agent on commission. Captain Barry was anxious to be employed as a lecturer, but did seek employment as an agent on commission. I was reluctantly compelled to come to the conclusion that it was not desirable to offer him an engagement.* I have, &c, Julius Vogel, The Hon. the Minister for Immigration, Wellington. Agent-General.

No. 7. The Agent-General to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. Sir, — 7, Westminster Chambers, London, 15th January, 1880. Referring to your letter No. 175, of the 25th September, 1878, I have the honor to inform you that I have paid Captain Barry's return passage to New Zealand. Captain Barry's position was very anomalous. His passage Home was paid by the Government, and I was left discretion whether or not to employ him. I considered it inexpedient to do so, and very desirable to pay his passage back, as the quasi-official position given to him by his passage having been paid made it, I thought, undesirable he should continue to remain here in the position of emigration agent on his own account. I have, &c, Julius Vogel, The Hon. the Minister for Immigration, Wellington. Agent-General.

No. 8. Mr. W. J. Barry to the Hon. the Minister for Immigration. Sir, — Royal George Hotel, George Street, Dunedin, 20th April, 1880. Referring to the memorial addressed to the Government in October, 1877, signed by many of the chief representative men of Otago, requesting that I might be engaged as an immigration agent to proceed to the United Kingdom, and to the fact that I have since devoted the whole of my time and energy to the work, and have been the means of giving no inconsiderable impetus to the removal of capitalists from England to New Zealand, I have now respect-

* This letter deals with a variety of subjects. The portion printed is the only reference to Captain Barry.

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