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Enclosure. Marine Department, Sir, — 7 Whitehall Gardens, London S.W., 3rd December, 1910. J am directed by the Board of Trade to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Harcourt, that the form of certificate of survey (certificate of tonnage measurement, Form Surveys 59) issued under section 6 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, has recently been revised, and the certificate of registry of a British ship and the transcript of register (Forms Registry 9 and 19.) have in consequence been revised also. Two hundred copies of eacli of the new forms are being forwarded to your Department, and it will be seen that the principal alteration consists in the insertion of a note stating the actual tonnage of the engine-room spaces below the upper deck and the tonnage of the total spaces framed in above the upper deck for propelling-machinery and for light and air. 'Hie object of this is to obviate the remeasurement of British vessels in ports of foreign countries (particularly the United States of America) whose tonnage regulations are not identical with those in force in the United Kingdom. The only other change in the forms consists in a slight alteration of the wording of Note 2 (formerly the sole note). In the interests'of uniformity it is very desirable that the same forms and instruments should be used in connection with the registry of ships at all ports of British registry, and the Board would therefore suggest, for the consideration of the Secretary of State, that the forms accompanying this letter might be forwarded to the various colonial authorities, with a view to their taking steps to bring the new forms into use as soon as possible. I am to add that, as the main alteration in the forms affects only steamers, there is no objection to the present stocks of, forms being used up in connection with the registry of sailing-ships, should such a course be desired in order to avoid waste. 1 have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Walter J. Howell.

No. 111. New Zealand, No. 292. My Lord, — Downing Street, 16th December, 1910. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of a Proclamation of His Majesty in Council of the 28th November, 1910, determining new designs for gold and bronze coins. I have, &c. L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, D.5.0., &c. Enclosure. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of November, 1910. Present : The King's, Most Excellent Majesty in Council. The following draft Proclamation was this day read at the Board and approved. Almerio Fitzßoy. By the King. A Proclamation. Determining new Designs for Gold and Bronze Coins. Whereas under section eleven of the Coinage Act, 1870, We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, from time to time, by Proclamation, to determine the design for any coin : And whereas it appears to Us desirable to determine new designs for the gold and bronze coins mentioned in the First Schedule to the Coinage Act, 1870 : We, therefore, in pursuance of the said enactment and of all other powers enabling Us in that behalf, do hereby, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, proclaim, direct, and ordain as follows :— 1. The designs for the said gold and bronze coins shall be as follows :— Gold (Joins. (1.) Five-pound Piece. —Every live-pound piece shall have for the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription, " GEORGIua v DEI gra : britt : omn : RES fid: def : md: imp: " and for the reverse the image of Saint George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking the dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, ami the date of the year, with a graining upon the edge. (2.) Two-pound I'iecr. —Every two-pound piece shall have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge. (3.) Sovereign. —Every sovereign shall have for the obverse impression the aforesaid effigy with the inscription " georgius v d. g. britt: omn: hex p. i>. md: imp: " and for the reverse the same impression in all respects as the five-pound piece, with a graining upon the edge. (4.) Half-sovereign. —Every half-sovereign shall have the same obverse and reverse impression and inscription in all respects as the sovereign, with a graining upon the edge.