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the Province of New Brunswick has now among its statutes a very comprehensive Act in reference to accident compensation, unci, that the Executive Council have no objection to promoting legislation with a view to uniformity, provided the same can be done without affecting the efficiency of our own Act. I have, &c, I Jos. Howe Dickson, Clerk, Executive Council. Hon. Josiah Wood, D.C.L., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor, &c, 'Saskville, New Brunswick.

Sir, — Government House, Regina, 30th October, 1912. 1 have now the honour to acknowledge receipt of a letter from the Under-Secretary of State, dated the 24th instant, inviting my attention to the fact that no reply has been sent to a departmental letter of the 11th September, 1911, with reference to a resolution of the Imperial Conference respecting uniformity of laws governing accident compensation. I now enclose certified copy of a minute in Council bearing on this subject for transmission through the usual channels to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and regret the unavoidable delay that has occurred. I have, &c, G. W. Brown, Lieu tenant-Governor of Saskatchewan. The Hon. the Secretary of State, Ottawa. Certified Copy of a Minute of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan, dated at Regina on Wednesday, 4th September, 1912, and approved- by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor. The Executive Council has had under consideration a report from the Attorney-General, dated. 29th August, 1912, with reference to a despatch from the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies to His Royal Highness the Governor-General, dated the 25th day of August, 1911, on the subject of the desirability of greater uniformity throughout the Empire in the law of accident compensation. Upon consideration of the foregoing report, and on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, the Executive Council advises that approval be given to the principle recommended by the Imperial Conference of 1911, as set forth in resolution 11, having reference to this matter, and that such approval be communicated through the usual channels to the Secretary of State for Canada. J. McLeod, Clerk of the Executive Council.

No. 102. The Governor to the Secretary of State. Sir, — Government House, St. John's, 26th December, 1912. Referring to your despatches, No. 201, of the 25th August, 1911, and No. 18, of 18th January, 1912, on the subject of uniformity throughout the Empire in the law of accident compensation, I have the honour to transmit herewith a letter received from the Colonial Secretary on the subject. I have, &c, Ralph Williams.

Sic, — Colonial Secretary's Office, St. John's, Newfoundland, 10th December, 1912. Referring to despatches, No. 201, of date 25th August, 1911, and No. 18, of 18th January, 1912, from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, respecting the desirability of greater uniformity throughout the Empire in the law of accident compensation, I have the honour to intimate that Ministers~concur in the principle of the resolution No. 11 of the Imperial Conference of 1911 regarding this matter. I beg to return herewith to Your Excellency the original despatch, No. 201, on this subject. I have, &c, R. Watson, His Excellency Sir Ralph Williams, K.C.M.G., &c. Colonial Secretary.

No. 106. New Zealand, No. 57. My Lord, — Downing Street, 31st January, 1913. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the paper noted below on the subject of the appointment of Rear-Admiral Thomas H. M. Jerram, C.8., as Commander-in-Chief ofjJH.M. ships and vessels on the China Station. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT.

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