—No. 4.—

The Secretary of the Company to Earl Grey.

With, reference to the letter which I had the honor to address to your Lordship on the 12th instant, I am now instructed to transmit for the information of Her Majesty's Government the accompanying copy, signed by the Chairman, of the Resolutions adopted this day by a General Court of the Proprietors of the New Zealand Company, accepting the several proposals contained in Mr. Hawes' letter of the 10th of May, and the Memorandum thereto annexed, and empowering the Court of Directors to take all steps whatever which may be necessary for carrying the same into effect.

As this completes the whole of the preliminary steps which can be taken on the part of the Company, the Directors beg to call the attention of your Lordship to the great importance page 31 of their being placed in a position to resume colonising operations at the earliest practicable moment.