—No. 6.—

The Secretary of the Company to Earl Grey.

I Have had the honor to receive and lay before the Directors of the New Zealand Company Mr. Hawes' letter of last Saturday, communicating the measures which Her Majesty's Government is about to adopt for the purpose of enabling the Company to act upon the agreement recently concluded; and stating that your Lordship is prepared, with the assent of the Directors, to appoint Mr. Cowell to sit at their Board as the Commissioner for the Government.

In reply, I am instructed to express the acknowledgments of the Directors for the promptitude with which this communication has been made; and to state that they have much pleasure in approving the proposed appointment of Mr. Cowell, and will be happy to receive the co-operation of that Gentleman in carrying out the important undertaking in which they are engaged.