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11. I have written in the same terms to the Governors of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Van Diemen's Land, and I trust that the result may be an united* effort on the part of the Colonies in the South Seas to carry out an object of which I do not think it possible to exaggerate the importance. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) Wm. Denison. His Excellency The Governor, New Zealand.

ENCLOSURE TO MESSAGE No. 28. Sub-Treasury, New Plymouth, I4th July, 1855. gj r I hare the honor to report, for the information of his Excellency the Officer administering the Government, that I have this day advanced to the Resident Magistrate at this station, the sum of (£335 15) three hundred and thirty-five pounds fifteen shillings, to enable him to defray the freight and passage of the person in charge of iron barracks per the " Alexander" "from Melbourne, and to request, the approval of his Excellency. This sum and the several advances made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands and the Registrar of Deeds has in consequence of the recent unproductiveness of the Customs Revenue, and the entire failure of that of Crown Lands, reduced the balance in my hands to less than forty pounds ; and I have therefore the honor to solicit a credit on the Colonial Treasurer, in the event of claims being made on this Sub-Treasury before the ordinary local revenues place me in funds to meet them. I have, &c., (Signed) W. Leech, Sub-Treasurer. The Honorable The Colonial Secretary, Auckland. MEMORANDUM. The accompanying drafts for (£4,591 10) four thousand five hundred and ninetyone pounds sixteen shillings sterling have been this day left at the Treasury by the Manager of the Union Bank of Australia for acceptance. The instructions of his Excellency the Officer administering the Government is requested. . A. Shepherd, Colonial Treasury, Colonial Treasurer. 9th February, 1855. Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 10th July, 1355. The Colonial Treasurer having reported that he has been called upon by the Manager of the Union Bank of Australia at Auckland to accept three draits, amounting altogether to the sum of (£4,591 16) four thousand five hundred and mnety-one pounds sixteen shillings, drawn by Captain Clarke, R.E., and datedfrom Melbourne, have the honor, by direction of his Excellency the Officer administering the Government, to request you will be good enough to inform me whether the Officer commanding the Troops has received any communication respecting these drafts,and it so, whether the money is fully due from the Government, and also whether the service for which they were drawn has been carried out and completed. I have, &c., (Signed) Andrew Sinclair, The Major Colonial Secretary. Of Brigade, Auckland.