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IV. Further Examination and Appeals. 17. If in the cases covered by the preceding paragraph the Principal Examiner decides that a further examination is necessary, arrangements will be made for a special examination to be held in London, and the third-class travelling-expenses necessarily incurred by a candidate in attending such an examination will be paid by the Board of Trade, together with a,subsistence allowance at a rate which will be notified to the candidate, but which will not in any circumstances exceed 10s. for each day necessarily occupied in attending the examination. In these cases the above expenses will be paid whatever may be the result of the final examination. 18. If, however, on the report of the local examiner the Principal Examiner decides that the nature of the mistakes made shows conclusively that a candidate is so colour-blind as to be unfit to hold a certificate, the candidate shall be considered to have failed. In such cases, as well as in the cases covered by paragraph 14, the Board will be prepared to allow a candidate who is dissatisfied with this decision to appeal for a special examination in London, but the Board will not pay the travelling-expenses of any such candidate unless he is reported by the special examiners conducting the appeal examination to have passed. H. LlewellynJ Smith, Secretary. Walter J. Howell, Assistant Secretary.

No. 109.| New Zealand, No. 72. My Lord, — Downing Street, 14th February, 1913. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 12th instant, conveying a message of sympathy and regret in connection with the disaster which has overtaken Captain Scott and the members of his party who lost their lives in the recent Antarctic Expedition. 2. Your telegram has been communicated to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to the British Antarctic Committee, and to the Press, and will be sent in due course to Mrs. Scott. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No.? no. New Zealand. —Miscellaneous. My Lokd, — Downing Street, 14th February, 1913. With reference to my predecessor's Miscellaneous despatch of the 18th October, 1909, I have the honour to transmit to you, to be laid before your Ministers, the accompanying copy of a book of lantern lectures on Australasia which has been prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, together with a separate copy of the list of slides. 2. The slides with which the lectures are illustrated are derived from pictures painted and photographs taken by the committee's artist, Mr. A. Hugh Fisher, supplemented by many excellent photographs kindly placed at their disposal by the Government Departments, by private individuals, and by the High Commissioners and Agents-General in this country. 3. I have to request that you will convey to your Ministers the thanks of the committee for the many facilities which were afforded Mr. Fisher during his visit. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 111. New Zealand, No. 74. My Lobd, — Downing Street, 20th February, 1913. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 23rd December and despatch, No. 192, of the 27th December, on the subject of the proposal to establish an Imperial Bureau of Entomology in London, and to inform you that I have learnt with much pleasure that your Ministers are willing to support the scheme and to agree to a contribution of £200 per annum being made for three years by the Government of New Zealand towards the expenses of the bureau.

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