In two of these Provinces' a large native population already exists, and no new experiment in them should therefore be rashly hazarded, or imma turely introduced. Great Britain also maintains in them a considerable military force for the pro tection of their inhabitants, and thus should for the present exercise a great influence in them. I would therefore recommend that the rule re garding the election by the inhabitants of the of ficer administering the Government, and of ma king l&ws for the nomination of the officers com posing their own Executive Governments, should only take effect in the three Provinces I have named from the period at which the six years of .service of the two Lieutenant Governors and of the Superintendent who have been appointed to administer their Governments respectively shall "have terminated. This rule would present the i farther advantage of a just dealing with the claims of the Lieutenant-Governors and the Superinten dent. 65. I think also that a farther restriction should be imposed in reference to this rule, and that is, '. that no officer who has received a permanent ap- J pointment from the Crown in any of the Provinces in New Zealand should be removed from bis of fice by any Provincial Council until bis claim shall bave been considered, and until, if it is found a valid one, a law shall bave been passed by the Provincial Council, and shall have received the assent of the Governor-in-Chief, securing to such officer such compensation for the loss of his situ ation as the nature of his office, the amount of salary he received, and bis length of service may be considered as fairly entitling him to. 66. 