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Enclosure. 9/King's Colonial! Yeomanry/16. (C. 3.) Sir,— War Office, Ist July, 1909. 1 am commanded by the Army Council to acquaint you that they have approved of the appointment of a Committee, under the nominal superintendence of the Territorial Force Association for the County of London, to administer the affairs of the King's Colonials Yeomanry. It is to be understood that the interposition of the London County Association implies no power of interference with, or control of, the Committee by the association, which is to be merely the channel of communication between the Committee and the War Office in order to satisfy the statutory requirements of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act. The regiment will in all other respects be subject to the regulations governing the Territorial Force generally. 2. The constitution of the Committee is as follows : — Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir A. Bigge, G.C.V.0., <fee. : Sir Somerset French, K.C.M.G. ; Captain R. M. Collins, C.M.G., R.N. ; Colonel the Honourable H. A. Lawrence; together with the High Commissioners and Agents-General of such dominions and colonies as may have regiments affiliated to the King's Colonials Yeomanry, the commanding officer and the second in command of the regiment, and such other gentlemen as the Committee may co-opt, with the approval of the War Office. .'i. The relations between the London County Association and the Committee administering the King's Colonials Yeomanry will be as follows:— The association will hand over to the Committee all the giants received in respect of that unit. The Committee will be responsible for the administration of the funds thus created. They will keep a separate account of receipts and expenditure, and will frame an annual estimate on Army Form N 1444, which will be submitted to the Army Council through the association. The accounts of this Committee will be audited separately at the end of the year in the manner indicated in paragraph 686, Territorial Force Regulations, and the auditors' report will be forwarded to the War Office with that of the County Association. The Committee will have no further claim on the funds of the association when the grants made in respect of the regiment have been paid over, and the association will not be permitted to make good from its public fund any deficit that may aris<>. The Committee will administer, entirely at their own discretion, any funds derived from sources other than the association. The Committee, apart from the association, will have no power to acquire and hold land or buildings which are to be acquired by money provided from public funds. 4. It is requested that the officer commanding the King's Colonials Yeomanry may be informed accordingly. 1 have, &c, E. W. D. Ward. The Secretary, Territorial Force Association for the County of London, Craig's Court House, Charing Cross, S.W.

No. 107. New Zealand, No. '2'2Q. My Lord, Downing Street, 17th December, 1909. I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that His Majesty's Government have for some time past had under their consideration a proposal, which originated with the Canadian Government, for the establishment in Downing Street of a Law Library available for the use of colonial counsel practising before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. 2. His Majesty's Government have been glad to find, on the rearrangement of rooms in the buildings occupied by the Privy Council consequent on the Board of Education vacating the Treasury Buildings, in which the Privy Council offices are situated, that further accommodation can be provided for the use of the Lords of the Judicial Committee, and counsel practising before the Committee. Arrangements are accordingly being made to fit up a room, for the use of counsel practising before the Judicial Committee, with shelving to hold the books required by counsel, or so many of them as can be conveniently accommodated. 3. It is not intended to make any charge for rent in respect of these facilities, and it is proposed that the custody of the library shall be in the hands of the Registrar of the Privy Council, by whom the use of the room will be controlled, and who will supervise the attendant in charge, the latter being a servant of His Majesty's Government.

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