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1901. NEW ZEALAND.

PACIFIC ISLANDS: LETTER FROM DEPUTY GOVERNOR ACKNOWLEDGING RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCORPORATION OF FIJI WITH NEW ZEALAND.

Laid upon the Table by the Hon. the Speaker.

Sir R. Stout, Deputy Governor, to the Hon. the Speaker, House of Representatives. Sir,— Wellington, 22nd October, 1900. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your resolution, praying to relieve Fiji from the position of a Crown colony, and to incorporate it with New Zealand. As requested by the members of the House of Representatives, I shall have pleasure in forwarding the same to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies. I have, &c, Robert Stout, The Hon. the Speaker, House of Representatives. Deputy Governor. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing(l,2oo copies), 14s. Gd.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Punter, Wellington.—l9ol. Price 3d.]