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Sess. 11.—1887. NEW ZEALAND.

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

No. 1. (Circular.) Sib, — Downing Street, 8th November, 1886. With reference to Earl Granville's circular despatch of the 22nd July. last, enclosing a copy of " The Medical Act, 1886," of which Part II. relates to colonial and foreign practitioners, I think it desirable, for the purposes of record, to call the attention of your Government to the provisions in Part III. of the Act relating to " The Dentists Act, 1878," which also affects Her Maiesty's colonies. I have, &c, EDWAED STANHOPE. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

A.-2, 1887, Sess. I., No. 69.

No. 2. (Circular.) Sic, — Downing Street, 17th September, 1886. I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of two parliamentary papers containing correspondence respecting the question of diplomatic and consular assistance to British trade abroad. 2. I have also the honour to enclose a copy of a letter from the Board of Trade, and its enclosures, on this subject, in which reference is also made to the proposal of that department to publish an official trade journal, for the purpose of affording early information respecting actual and contemplated changes in Customs tariffs and regulations, as well as other useful information as to trade generally. 3. I also transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Assistant Director of the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew, calling attention to the interest which has been awakened in regard to tropical and other fruits by the display in the several courts of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, and enclosing a list of questions respecting colonial fruits, which he suggests should be answered as fully as possible by the Colonial Governments. 4. The remarkable growth and development of the trade and resources of many of the colonies, the extension of telegraphs, and the more frequent and rapid communication between this country and the British colonies have created a great amount of interest in colonial trade and produce, which has been further stimulated by the Colonial and Indian Exhibition; and there is a constantlyincreasing demand for information on subjects connected with the productions and commerce of the colonies. It is therefore very desirable, with a view to the encouragement and development of commercial interchange, that the Colonial Governments should furnish, as far as they are able, the desired information, for publication in this country, respecting all branches of colonial produce and manufactures, modern discoveries, and improvements in production, &c, tariffs

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