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No. 32. (Circular.) Sib, Downing Street, 30th November, 1893. I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of a treaty of commerce between Great Britain and Servia, signed at Belgrade on the 28th June (10th July), 1893, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Belgrade on the 4th (16th) October last. I have to call your attention to Article VI. of the treaty, from which you will observe that, if it is desired that the colony under your government should come within the operation of the treaty, notice to that effect must be given to the Servian Minister for Foreign Affairs within two years from 28th June (10th July), 1893, the date of the signature of the treaty. I have therefore to request that you will be good enough to acquaint me as soon as possible of the wishes of your Government in the matter. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government EIPON. of New Zealand.

No. 33. (New Zealand, No. 63.) My Lord, — Downing Street, 18th December, 1893. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Government, a copy of the documents mentioned below. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government E. H. MEIADE, of New Zealand. For the Secretary of State.

6th December, 1893. —Letter, with enclosure, from the Foreign Office reporting the publication at Stockholm of a Eoyal decree prohibiting the forgery of New Zealand and South Australian postage-stamps.

Enclosures. Sir,— Foreign Office, 6th December, 1893. I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquis of Eipon, a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Stockholm, stating that a decree has been published prohibiting the forgery of New Zealand and South Australian postage-stamps. I am, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. T. H. Sanderson.

My Lord, Stockholm, 29th November, 1893. I have the honour to report to your Lordship that a Eoyal decree, published in this day's Official Gazette, prohibits the forgery or misuse of the postage-stamps of New Zealand and South Australia. I have, &c, The Earl of Eosebery, K.G., &c. Spenser St. John.

No. 34. (New Zealand, No. 64.) My Lobd, — Downing Street, 18th December, 1893. With reference to Sir William Jervois's Despatch No. 25, of the 9th March, 1887, and to previous correspondence respecting the recognition in the United Kingdom of passenger certificates granted by the Legislature of New Zealand, I have the honour to transmit to you, for communication to your Government, a copy of a letter from the Board of Trade, from which it will be seen that it is desired that copies of the regulations under which passenger vessels are surveyed in the colony should be sent as soon as may be convenient for the approval of that department, and that such regulations should be transmitted once in each year in future. Your Government will no doubt take the necessary steps for complying with the wishes of the Board of Trade. I have, &c, EIPON. Governor the Eight Hon. the Earl of Glasgow, G.C.M.G., &c.