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Now, therefore, his Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by " The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," and of all other powers in any way enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth revoke the said Order in Council and the appointments thereby made. Forster Goring, Clerk to the Executive Council.

Enclosure 2. Revoking Appointment of Agents under the Colonial Stock Act. A. Gordon, Governor. In pursuance of the provisions of an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the fortieth and forty-first years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, which may be cited as "The Colonial Stock Act, 1877," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of every power and authority enabling him in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth, by this instrument issued under the seal of the said Colony, revoke a certain warrant made and issued in Council under the seal of the said Colony, appointing Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Sir Julius Vogel, and William Charles Sargeaunt, Esq., to be the persons from time to time to make any declaration or statement required by the provisions of the hereinbefore mentioned Act, and in and about such declaration and the record thereof with the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to do all such necessary acts as ought to be done by or on behalf of the Government of the said Colony, to give effect to the provisions of the said Act, which warrant was dated the thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty. . Given under the hand of His Excellency the Honorable Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, her Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Governor and Commaiidcr-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, and issued under the Seal of the said Colony at the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. Approved in Council— John Hall. Forster Goring, Clerk to the Executive Council.

Enclosure 3. Notifying Bank of England as to Revocations. A. Gordon, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of June, 1881. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. Whereas, by an Order in Council, a true copy whereof is hereto annexed, bearing even date herewith, made and issued under the authority of " The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," the Governor in Council revoked a certain Order in Council dated the 31st day of January, 1880, appointing Sir P. G. Julyan, K.C.M.G. Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G. and W. C. Sargeaunt, Esq. C.B. as Agents for the purposes of the said Act ; and also the appointments thereby made : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the requirements of "The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1877," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth hereby notify to the Bank of England that the appointments of the said Sir P. G. Julyan, Sir J. Vogel, and W. C. Sargeaunt, Esq. have been revoked, and they have been removed from being such Agents as aforesaid. Forster Goring, Clerk to the Executive Council.

No. 15. The Agent-General to the Premier. Sik, — 7, Westminster Chambers, London, May 25th, 1881. I have in previous letters informed you that, since coming to England, I have devoted much time and care to the study of the many complicated questions to be considered in any further conversion of our public debt into inscribed stock. I reserve for the present the question of whether it would be wise to go on with further conversions at all. In this letter lam confining myself to the mere process, which it is desirable should be better understood than it has yet been.