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In testimony whereof I have hereunto sel my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. By the President. W. J. Bryan, Secretary of Stale. Woodrow Wilson.

No. 44. New Zealand, No. 483. My Lord,— Downing Street, 29th June, 1916. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's telegram of the 23rd instant, and to inform you that a copy of it has been communicated to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the front, who is very grateful for your message. I have, &c, A. BONAR LAW. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G, M.V.O, &c.

No. 45. New Zealand, No. 504. My Lord, — Downing Street, sth July, 1916. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 113, of the 11th May, forwarding copies of your Speech at the opening of the second session of the Nineteenth Parliament of New Zealand. I have, &c. A BONAR LAW. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G, M.V.O, &c

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No. 46. New Zealand, No. 507. My Lord, — Downing Street, 6th July, 1916. With reference to my despatch, No. 230, of the 29th March, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of a despatch from the Governor-General of Canada regarding a proposed scheme of scientific and industrial research for the Dominion. I have, &c, A. BONAR LAW. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G, M.V.O, &c.

Enclosures. gm Government House, Ottawa, Canada, Bth June, 1916. I have the honour to transmit herewith, for your information, copies of an approved Minute of the Privy Council for Canada on the subject of a scheme of scientific and industrial research of the Dominion, of Canada. I have, &c, Arthur. The Right Hon. A. Bonar Law. M.P, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Certified Copt of a Report of the Committee of the Privy Council, approved by His Royal Highness the Governor-General on the 6th June, 1916. The Committee of the Privy Council have had before them a report, dated the 23rd May, 1916, from the Minister of Trade and Commerce, to whom was referred a despatch from the Right