A.—2

22

JNo. 26. Copy of a DESPATCH from the Eight Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealslnd. (Parliamentary.) Sir, — Downing Street, 3rd January, 1879. I have sent you, per book post, certain parliamentary papers, the titles and number of copies of which are specified below; and I request you will be good enough to acknowledge their receipt. Title of Paper. No. of Copies. Colonial Timber ... ... ... ... ... 6 I have, &c, M. E. HICKS BEACH. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 27. Copy of a DESEATCH from the Eight Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. (No. 1.) Sir, —■ Downing Street, 4th January, 1879. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a telegram, dated the 20th December, tendering, on behalf of the citizens of Auckland, a message of condolence to the Queen in reference to the loss which Her Majesty and the Eoyal Eamily have recently sustained by the death of Her Eoyal Highness the Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt. I have laid the message before Her Majesty; and lam commanded to request that you will convey to the citizens of Auckland Her Majesty's gracious appreciation and recognition of the expression of heartfelt sympathy in her bereavement. I have, &c, M. E. HICKS BEACH. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 28. Copy of a DESEATCH from the Eight Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach to Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby. (No. 2.) My Lord, — Downing Street, 10th January, 1879. With reference to your Lordship's Despatch No. 51, of the 3rd November, I have the honor to transmit to you the enclosed form which has been received from the Eoyal Humane Society, in order that the particulars required by the Society may be given to enable them to consider the case of William Jenkins and his crew, who saved life in New Zealand at the wrecks of the ship " City of Auckland" and of the ship " Eelixstowe." I have, &c, M. E. HICKS BEACH. Governor the Most Hon. the Marquis of Normanby, G.C.M.G., &c.

Enclosure in No. 28. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. Instructions to Applicants for the Rewards of the Society, setting forth the Particulars of the Case of , who risked his Life in rescuing or attempting to rescue at ,on the ,18 . Pecuniary rewards are limited to cases which occur within thirty miles of tlie metropolis, 1. Name, address, age, and occupation of the applicant. 2. Name, address, age, and occupation of the person saved.