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63 A.-'A Bronze <_'oin,t. (I ) Penny.— Every penny shall have for the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription "georgius v DEI gba: beitt: omn: rex fid: def: no: imp:" and for the reverse impression the figure of Britannia seated on a rock surrounded by the sea, her right hand holding a shield which rests against the rock, while in her left hand she grasps a trident, and the inscription " one penny," with the date of the year and a plain edge. (2 ) Half-penny —Every half-penny shall have the same obverse impression and inscription as the penny, and 'for the reverse the figure of Britannia seated as described for the penny, and the inscription " half-penny," with the date of the year and a, plain edge. (3) Farthing.— Every farthing shall have the same obverse impression and inscription as the penny, and for the reverse the figure of Britannia seated as described for the penny, and the inscription " farthing," with the date of the year and a plain edge. 2! This Proclamation shall come into force on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eleven. . . . Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-eighth day of November, m the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ton, and 111 the first year of Our Reign. God save the Kino.

No. 112. New Zealand, No. 296. My Lord,— Downing Street, 23rd December, 1910. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the paper noted below on the subject of the money-order convention between New Zealand and France. I have, &c. L. HARCOURT. The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand. Date. Description. 13th December, 1910 . . .. ! From H.M. Representative at Paris.

Enclosure. Sir, — Paris, L3th December, 111 10. With reference to your despatch, No. 145 (Treaty), of yesterday's date, respecting the convention for the exchange of money-orders between New Zealand and France, 1 have the honour to inform you that, in view of the fact that no communication had been received from the French Minister for Foreign Affairs since Bth September, I have addressed a note verbal? to Monsieur Pichon expressing the hope that the consideration of the convention by the French Parliament will not be unduly delayed. I have, Sec, The Right Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P., Ac. L. D. Carnegie.

No. 113. New Zealand, No. 299. My Lord, — Downing Street, 23rd December, 1910. With reference to my telegram of the 21st December. I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of your Ministers, that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Francis Henry May, K.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the Colony of Fiji, and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, in place of Sir Everard im Thurn, K.C.M.G., C.8., who has, to my regret, been compelled by ill-health to relinquish those offices. 2. Sir Henry May has been a member of the Civil Service of Hong Kong since 1881, and he has on several occasions administered the Government of that colony, and has shown conspicuous ability in administrative work. 3. I have no doubt that your Government and yourself will afford to Sir Henry May the same assistance and co-operation as were so readily extended to Sir Everard im Thurn. ■ I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, D.5.0., &c.

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