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No. 68. New Zealand, No. 22. My Lord, — Government House, Wellington, 12th April, 1910. I have the honour to acknowledge your Lordship's despatch, No. 220, of the 17th of December last, on the subject of the proposal of establishing in Downing Street a law library for the use of colonial counsel practising before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. 2. I duly submitted your despatch to my Ministers for their consideration, and have now received a reply from my Prime Minister transmitting a memorandum from the Minister of Justice, a copy of which T enclose herewith. I have, &c, PLUNKET, Governor. To the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

A.- 2, 1910, No. 107.

Enclosure. Enclosure to New Zealand, No. 22. 12th April, 1910, Department (if Justice, Wellington, 18th March, 1910. Memorandum for the Right Hon. the Prime Minister. I return herewith Colonial Office Despatch No. 220, dated 17th December, 1909. I find, on inquiry, that in October, 1905, a complete set of the New Zealand Statutes and a set of the Court of Appeal Law Reports were presented by this Government to the Privy Council Library; and that a complete set of the New Zealand Law Reports was sent by the New Zealand Law Society. You will see from the copies of correspondence attached that these volumes were placed in the library for the use of counsel. I have now given instructions that the annual volumes of statutes from 1905 onwards, together with a set of the Consolidation Statutes, are to be forwarded to the Registrar of the Privy Council for inclusion in the Privy Council Library. The New Zealand Law Society sends the Law Reports as they are published. The annual volume of New Zealand Statutes will be sent year by year. These various publications will, I think, be sufficient for the Privy Council Library so far as the requirements of counsel for New Zealand are concerned. J. G. Findlat.

No. 69. New Zealand, No. 23. My Lord, — Government House, Wellington, 12th April, 1910. I have the honour to acknowledge your Lordship's despatch, No. 84, of the 22nd April, 1909, on the subject of the enforcement of arbitration awards, and regret that until now I have not been in a position to send a reply. 2. My Prime Minister has to-day forwarded to me, for transmission to your Lordship, the accompanying copy of a memorandum from the SolicitorGeneral, which contains the information required by the Board of Trade as to the law of New Zealand with reference to the enforcement of submissions to arbitration and of the awards of arbitrators. I have, &c, PLUNKET, Governor. To the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

A.—2, 1910, No. 14.

No. 70. New Zealand, No. 24. My Lord, — Government House, Wellington, 12th April, 1910. In reply to your Lordship's despatch, No. 12, of the 14th January, I have the honour to inform you that the New Zealand Government do not propose to be represented at the International Congress of the Deaf, which is to be held at Colorado Springs next August. I have, &c, PLUNKET, Governor. To the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

A.—2, 1010, No. 119.

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