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Chairman, and has discharged the duties of the office with such acceptance that it was the desire of his fellow-Commissioners that he should be confirmed in the appointment. 3. To fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Morley His Majesty's Government have appointed Sir Alfred Bate man, K.CM-G. Sir Alfred Bateman was Controller-General for Commerce, Labour, and Statistics, and Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Intelligence of the Board of Trade. He served on the Royal Commissions on Food-supply in Time of War in 1903-5 and on Shipping Conferences 1906-9. 4. I have also to state that Sir Charles Owens has found it necessary to resign his appointment as a Commissioner, and in his place His Majesty's Government have appointed Mr. Joseph Tatlow, late general manager and now a director of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. 5. The Hon. J. R. Sinclair has taken the place of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, Bart., as the representative of New Zealand on the Commission ; and the Hon. Sir Richard Solomon, G.C.M.G., X.C.8., High Commissioner in London for the Union of South Africa, the place of Sir David de V. Graaf as the representative of the Union of South Africa. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 99. New Zealand, No. 386. My Lord, — Downing Street, 24th December, 1912. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 20th instant, reporting that you were sworn in on the previous day as Governor of New Zealand. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 100. New Zealand, No. 387. My Lord, — Downing Street, 24th December, 1912. With reference.to my despatch, No. 183, of the 23rd May, 1911, I have the honour to request you to inform your Ministers that the Advisory Committee established in accordance with resolutions 3-5 of the Imperial Education Conference, 1911, held its first meeting on the 18th November, and that a resolution in the following terms was passed, drawing attention to the Bth resolution of the Conference (see pages 16 and 17 of Cd. 5666), as to the preparation by the Education Departments of the self-governing dominions of educational monographs : " That each dominion's representative should address his Government for the purpose of reminding the Education Department or Education Departments of the area with which that Government is concerned of the resolution of the Imperial Education Conference, 1911, as to the preparation by the Education Departments of the selfgoverning dominions of educational monographs ; and, further, that each dominion representative should point out through his Government that it is desirable that any Education Department which wishes to participate in the preparation of this series should complete the first monograph—viz., that on the curricula of schools for general education —by the Ist August, 1913, and that the letter from each dominion representative should be accompanied by the suggestions drawn up by the Office of Special Inquiries and Reports as to the various points which should be treated in the monograph. That the Secretary of State for the Colonies should be approached with a view to the issue by him of a despatch on similar lines to the Governments of the dominions concerned." 2. I shall be glad if your Ministers will cause steps to be taken accordingly for the preparation of the monographs. They will observe that it is desired that the first monograph—viz., that on the curricula of schools for general education— should be completed by the Ist August, 1913.

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