Colonial Secretary's Oflice, Wellington, 25th Oct., 18G7. •Sin —I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Honor's letter, No. 8110, of the 19th inst., aad to state that the Government has no information with respect to the intended visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to New Zealand, beyond what ia conveyed in the despatches from the Secre tary of State, numbered and dated respect ively No. I!) of tho Ist of May, and .*«> of the 2Cth of June last, and presented during the recent session to the Legislature, which only state generally that His Itoyal Highness will only visit Auckland and Wellington. Should it bo found, on the arrival of His Itoyal Highness, that his other engagements would admit ifc, he will lie advised to visit the principal settlements, including Otago, in the Southern Island. Until more is known of the probable stay which His Itoyal High ness will make in this Colony, and whether he will lie able to travel through the country, and how many places he will visit, it is im possible to state how the funds voted for his reception will be available for expenditure iv any ono place.—l have, &c., E. W. Stafford. His Honor the Superintendent, Otago.
THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL HALL.
(To the JitUtor of the Otaco Daily Times.)

Sin—Although not surprised at the in consistency of Mr Reynolds in matters where his conduct has not been placed on record, I am a littlo astonished when I find that actions of his which have been mentioned in tho public prints should be found to be so totally at variance with his present conduct.
