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No. 65. New Zealand, No. 862. My Lord,— Downing Street, Ist November, 1916. With reference to Mr. Harcourt's despatch, No. 313, of the 30th October, 1912, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that the Secretary of State for Home Affairs has appointed the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, in the place of the late Mr. F. S. Bullock, CLE, to be the Central Authority for this country to deal with matters arising under the international arrangement for the suppression of the white-slave traffic. I have, &c, A. BONAR LAW. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 66. New Zealand, No. 879. My Lord, — Downing Street, 6th November, 1916. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 204, of the 21st August, and to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Parliament of New Zealand :— No. 1. An Act to amend the War Pensions Act, 3915. No. 2. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, Nineteen hundred and seventeen. No. 3. An Act to continue the Operation of certain Expiring Enactments. No. 4. An Act to amend the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915. No. 5. An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Land-tax and Income-tax. No. 6. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, Nineteen hundred and seventeen. No. 7. An Act to fix the Rates of Land-tax and Income-tax for the Year, to amend the Law relating to the Assessment of Land and Income Tax, to authorize the raising of Money in aid of certain Public Works and Purposes, to extend the Provisions of the National Provident Fund Act, and to make other Provisions for the Financial Arrangements for the Year. No. 8. An Act to make further Provision for the Raising and Maintenance of Expeditionary Forces during the present War. No. 9. An Act to amend the War Regulations Act, 1914. No. 10. An Act to provide for the Censoring of Cinematograph-films. No. 11. An Act to provide Moneys to aid in the Development of Fruitgrowing Industry. No. 12. An Act to further amend the Laws relating to Native Lands and to Maori Councils, and to determine certain Claims and Disputes in relation to Native Lands, and to confer Jurisdiction upon the Native Land Court and the Native Appellate Court, and for other Purposes. No. 13. An Act to amend certain Enactments having Reference to the Present State of War, and to make certain Additional Provisions rendered necessary or advisable by the Continuance of such State of War. No. 14. An Act to provide for the Exchange, Sale, Reservation, and other Disposition of certain Reserves, Crown Lands, Endowments, and other Lands, to validate certain Transactions, and to confer certain Powers on certain Public Bodies. No. 15. An Act to postpone the Date of the next General Election of Members of the House of Representatives. No. 16. An Act to amend the Factories Act, 1908. No. 17. An Act to amend the Legislative Council Act, 1914. No. 18. An Act to appropriate and apply certain Sums of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, the Public Works Fund, and other Accounts to the Services of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, Nineteen hundred and seventeen, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in the Present Session.

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