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Art and Music. —How far are these subjects included in the ordinary school curriculum, and how are they treated 1 8. What provision is made for —(1) Domestic work for girls ; (2) definite, instruction in commercial work, and on what general lines ; (3) manual work, such as woodwork, claymodelling, metal-work ? Is this taken in school time or as a leisure occupation ?

No. 101. New Zealand, No. 390. My Lord, — Downing Street, 27th December, 1912. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the paper noted below on the subject of the protection afforded in the United Kingdom for crests, badges, colours, and other insignia of clubs, schools, &c. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Enclosure. Sib,— Home Office, Whitehall, 19th December, 1912. In reply to your letter (36415/1912) of the 22nd ultimo, inquiring what protection, if any, is afforded in the United Kingdom for crests, badges, colours, and other insignia of clubs, schools, and the like, with the object of reserving the exclusive right therein to such institutions, I am directed by Mr. Secretary McKenna to say, for the information of Mr. Secretary Harcourt, that he is not aware of any provision having this effect. His attention has, however, been drawn by the Comptroller-General of the Patent Office to the fact that, though it would appear from section 62 of the Trade-marks Act, 1905, that badges, colours, and other insignia of schools, clubs, and the like cannot be registered under the Act, Rule 14 of the Trade-marks Act, 1905, provides as follows : " Where a representation of the arms or emblems of any city, borough, town, place, society, body corporate, or institution appears on a mark, the applicant [for registration of a trade-mark] shall, if so required, furnish the Registrar with a consent from such official as the Registrar may consider entitled to give consent to the use of such arms or emblems." Under this rule the Registrar may call for consent to the use of any emblem which is known to be the emblem of arty institution, but obviously it is impossible for the Patent Office to be cognizant of all emblems, &c, in use by various institutions, societies, &c. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. W. P. Byene.

No. 102. New Zealand, No. 5. My Lord, — Downing Street, 2nd January, 1913. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 24th December, and to request you to inform your Ministers that the Secretary of State for India has telegraphed to the Government of India the message of sympathy, communicated in your telegram, at the attempt made upon the life of the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, and that Lord Crewe desires me to convey to you and to your Government and the people of New Zealand his most cordial appreciation of the message. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

Date. Descriptio From the Home Office. Description. 19th December, 1912. .