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No. 6. fNew Zealand, Honours.) My Lord, — Downing Street, 24th May, 1892. I have the honour to inform you that the Queen has, on my recommendation, been graciously pleased to give directions for the appointment of Mr. Patrick Alphonsus Buckley, Attorney-General and Colonial Secretary of the colony, to be a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government KNUTSFOED. of New Zealand.

No. 7. (New Zealand, No. 20.) My Lord,— Downing Street, 30th May, 1892. With reference to previous correspondence respecting the contributions of the Australasian Colonies towards naval defence, I have the honour to transmit to you for communication to your Government a copy of a letter from the Department of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with its enclosures, in which a question is raised as to whether variations are proposed in the division of the contribution of the colonies during the present financial year. I shall be obliged if you will enable me to reply to the inquiry made by their Lordships. A similar despatch has been written to the other colonies concerned. I have, &c, KNUTSFOED. Governor the Eight Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G., &c.

Enclosure. Sib,— Admiralty, 24th May, 1892. With reference to your letter of the 6th April, 1892, forwarding a copy of a despatch from the Officer Administering the Government of Western Australia, enclosing a letter from the colonial Premier, and a statement compiled by the Government Statist of Victoria, showing the allotment of the annual contribution under " The Imperial Defence Act, 1888," I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to forward to you, for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a statement showing the amounts which have actually been received from the several Governments. I am also to ask you to move Lord Knutsford to cause my Lords to be informed whether any variations are proposed in the division of the contribution for the present year, in order that the necessary receivable orders may be issued to the several Agents-General. c I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, S.W. Evan Macgkegoe.

Statement of the Contributions paid by and allotted to each Colony for the Year 1891-92. Paid. Allotted. £ £ Victoria ... ... ... ... ... 38,000* 37,723 New South Wales ... ... ... ... 37,340 37,340 Queensland ... ... ... ... ... 13,018 13,018 South Australia ... ... ... ... ... 10,624 10,624 Western Australia ... ... ... ... 1,638 1,638 Tasmania ... ... ... ... ... 4,788 4,836 New Zealand 20,712 20,821 126,120 126,000

No. 8. (Circular.) Sib,— Downing Street, 30th May, 1892. I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of an Order of Her Majesty the Queen in Council, dated the 9th May, 1892, for giving effect to the treaty between Her Majesty and His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, signed at Paris on the 17th of December, 1891, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Paris on the 17th March, 1892. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government KNUTSFOED. of New Zealand.

* The difference (£277) has been adjusted in the contribution paid for 1892-93.