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No. 17. New Zealand, No. 143. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 22nd June, 1927. With reference to your despatch, No. 82, of the 20th April, relative to the appointment by the New Zealand Government of a liaison officer at the Air Ministry, I have the honour to inform you that my Ministers have given consideration to the question, but regret that, owing to financial reasons, they, unfortunately, are unable to contemplate making such an appointment during the current year. 2. Ministers add, however, that the mutual value to the Dominion and the Air Ministry of a liaison officer is fully appreciated, and that the matter will be brought up for reconsideration early in 1928. I have, &c., CHARLES, FERGUSSON, Governor- General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 18. New Zealand, No. 154. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, Ist July, 1927. With reference to your despatch, Dominions No. 290, of the 13th May, on the subject of treaties relating to boundaries with foreign countries, I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand see no objection to the course outlined in your despatch. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Go ver nor-G ener al. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 19. New Zealand, No. 175. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 13th July, 1927. I have the honour to inform you that I communicated to my Ministers the terms of your despatch, Dominions No. 297, of the 16th May, in which it is stated that the proposed International Exhibition of Barcelona, which was to have been held on the Ist April, 1928, has been postponed until the Ist April, 1929. 2. His Majesty's Government in New Zealand are grateful for the general information regarding the Exhibition which was forwarded in your despatch, and appreciate the renewed invitation which, in view of the postponement, the Government of Spain have been so good as to extend to them. 3. They regret, however, that the circumstances which led to the decision conveyed to you in my despatch, No. 79, of the 27tli April last, as regards participation on the earlier date contemplated for the inauguration of the Exhibition, also apply to the altered date, and in consequence the Government feel unable to accept the kind invitation of the Spanish Government. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor- General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

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