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Lieutenant-Colonel Gudgeon to be a Deputy-Commissioner under the Pacific Order in Council, 1893. I have, &c, EDWAED WINGFIELD, For the Secretary of State. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Date. Description of Document. 12th September, 1898 ... ... High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, to the Secretary of State

Enclosure. Western Pacific, (No. 49.) Office of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Sir,— Suva, Fiji, 12th September, 1898. With reference to your telegram, received on the 31st ultimo, on the subject of the appointment of Major Gudgeon as British Eesident at Earotonga, I have the honour to report that, in accordance with the instructions contained therein, I have, by instrument under my hand and the seal of the Western Pacific High Commission, appointed that officer to be a Deputy Commissioner to exercise the jurisdiction of the High Commissioner's Court for the Cook Islands under the provisions of the Pacific Order in Council, 1893. I have, &c, The Eight Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c. G. T. M. O'Bkibn.

No. 32. (Circular.) Sic, — ■ Downing Street, Bth November, 1891. With reference to my circular despatch of the 31st March, 1897, enclosing copies of the revised regulations for the entry of engineer students in Her Majesty's Navy, I have the honour to transmit to you copies of a circular issued by the Admiralty respecting the new scheme of examination, and the limits of age of entry in the future. I have, &c, J. CHAMBERLAIN. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. [For enclosure, see New Zealand Gazette, 9th February, 1898, page 328.]

No. 33. (No. 71.) My Lobd, — Downing Street, 11th November, 1898. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch (No. 66) of the 29th September, respecting the installation of Lieutenant-Colonel Gudgeon as British Eesident in the Cook Islands. I have, &c, J. CHAMBEELAIN. Governor the Eight Hon. the Earl of Eanfurly, K.C.M.G., &c.

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No. 34. (No. 72.) My Lobd, — Downing Street, 15th November, 1898. As it has been brought to my notice that the rule governing the payment of pensions to army pensioners serving in Colonial Military Forces has in some cases not been clearly stated to the Colonial Governments interested in the subject, I have the honour to inform you that the rule in question is to the effect that non-commissioned officers who have earned an army pension by mixed Im-