Message From the Governor.

The President: I have to inform the Council that I have received the following message from His Excellency the Governor:—

"The Governor has the honour to inform the President of the Federal Council that, in accordance with the request of the Council, copies of the resolution passed on the 2nd instant, with reference to the defence of King George's Sound and Torres Straits, he forwarded, by the first opportunity, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for submission to Her Majesty, and to the Governors of the Australasian colonics.