MESSAGE No. 26.

The Officer Administering the Government has to inform the House of Representatives that lie has this day given his assent in Her Majesty's name to the following Bills, presented to him by the Honorable the Speaker of the Legislative Council, viz.:— An Act for bringing into operation within the Colony certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament. An Act for the. Naturalization of certain Persons in the Colony of New Zealand. An Act to amend the Law relating to Dower. An Act to make further provision for the administration of the Nelson Trust Funds. An Act for amending an Ordinance passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of New Zealand, for regulating the Sale of Fermented and Spirituous Liquors. R. H. Wynyard, Officer Administering the Government. Government House, Auckland, 14th September, 1854.