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ask respectfully that you will be good enough to inform me whether I may hope that my request that copies of my letters to you on the subject of my claim for payment of arrears of pension should be laid before Parliament, as in continuation of former papers on record, will be complied with. I have, &c, The Hon. the Premier, Wellington. Daniel Pollen.

Enclosure in No. 16. Note. —The letters referred to in above are already printed as Nos. 14 and 15.

No. 17. The Secretary to the Pbemieb to the Hon. Dr. Pollen. (No. 780.) Sib, — Premier's Office, Wellington, 22nd August, 1894. In reply to your letter of the 20th instant, I have been directed by the Premier to inform you that copies of your letters on the subject of your claim for payment of arrears of pension will be laid before Parliament as requested. I have, &c, The Hon. Dr. Pollen, M.L.C. Alex. Willis.

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