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3. I have, therefore, to request that your Ministers will be so good as to take the matter into their consideration, and to inform me whether they are prepared to accept the principle recommended by the Imperial Conference, and, if so, to favour me with any suggestions which they may have to make as to the exact terms of the Bill which it will be necessary to introduce into the Imperial Parliament. The conditions on which judgments are now enforced as between England, Scotland, and Ireland are laid down in the Imperial Act 31 & 32 Vict., c. 54, a copy of which is enclosed for convenience of reference. I have, &c, L. HAKCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

Enclosure. XXV. —Mutual Enforcement of Judgments and Orders of Courts of Justice, including Judgments and Orders as to Commercial Arbitration Awards. "' That the Imperial Government should consider, in concert with the dominion Governments, whether, and to what extent, and under what conditions, it is practicable and desirable to make mutual arrangements with a view to the enforcement in one part of the Empire of judgments and orders of the Court of justice in another part, including judgments or orders for the enforcement of commercial arbitration awards."

No. 21. New Zealand, No. 96. . My Loed,— Downing Street, 29th March, 1912. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegrams of the 28th instant reporting the resignation of the Premier, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, and of his colleagues, and the formation of a new Ministry under the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

No. 22. New Zealand, Miscellaneous. My Lord,— Downing Street, 29th March, 1912. With reference to your Lordship's despatch, No. 23, of the 16th ultimo, I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty the King has been pleased to approve of the retention of the title of " Honourable " by Sir John George Findlay, K.C.M.G., who has served for more than three years as a member of the Executive Council of New Zealand. A notification to this effect will be published in the London Gazette. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

No. 23. New Zealand, No. 101. My Lord,— Downing Street, 30th March, 1912. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of an order of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, dated the 21st instant, published in the London Gazette of the 22nd instant, with reference to the landing of hay or straw in Great Britain. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c. 3-A. 2.