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various presidencies and Lieutenant-Governorships, and it is hereby declared that the said power extends to territories under the immediate authority and management of the Governor-General in Council as well as to territories subject to the several presidencies and Lieutenant-Governorships. 5. This Act may be cited as the Government of India Act, 1912, and shall come into operation on such day as the Governor-General in Council, with the approval of,the Secretary of State in Council, may appoint. SCHEDULE. Part I. — Amendments. In section fifty of the Indian Councils Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict., c. 67), after the words " then in every such case," there shall be inserted the words " the Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal." In the First Schedule to the Indian Councils Act, 1909 (9 Edw. VII, c. 4), there shall be inserted — " Legislative Council of the Governor of Fort William in Bengal .. 50 " Legislative Council of the Lieu tenant-Governor of Bihar and Orissa .. 50 " Part II. — Repeals. Sections fifty-three and fifty-seven of the East India Company Act, 1793 (33 Geo. 111, c. 52). In section sixty-two of the Government of India Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV, c. 85), the words " and Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal," and section seventy-one of the same Act. In section fifty of the Indian Councils Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict., c. 67), the words " and Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal." In the First Schedule to the Indian Councils Act, 1909 (9 Ewd. VII, c. 4), the following words : — " Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Bengal Division of the Presidency of Fort William .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 " Legislative Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 "

No. 66. New Zealand, No. 209. My Lord, — Downing Street, 18th July, 1912. With reference to my despatch, No. 192, of the 3rd July, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your|Ministers, the accompanying copy .of a despatch from the Governor of South Australia on the subject of the resolution of the Imperial Conference in favour of continuing the policy of encouraging British emigrants to proceed to British dominions rather than to foreign countries. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c. Enclosure. No. 29. The Governor to the Secretary of State. Sir, — Government House, Adelaide, 28th May, 1912. With reference to your despatch, No. 34, of 27th March last, I have the honour to report that my Ministers acquaint me that the emigration policy indicated by the resolution of the Imperial Conference is in accord with that of the present Government of the State of South Australia. I have, &c, Day H. Bosanquet, Governor.

No. 67. New Zealand, No. 211. My Lord, — Downing Street, 19th July, 1912. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 11th instant, reporting the formation of a new Ministry in New Zealand, under the Hon. W. F. Massey. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hoti. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.