CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO ARBITRATION COURTS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1867 Session I, A-05

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CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO ARBITRATION COURTS.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OP THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OF HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON.

1867.

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68. February 5,1867.

No. 1. Copy of a Letter from Mr. "W". Gisboene to Mr. John Morrison. Sic, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, sth February, 1867. I am directed to enclose a copy of a Report of a Select Committee of the House of Representatives, last Session, as to the best means of giving practical eifect to the proposed establishment of Courts of Arbitration in the Colony of New Zealand. The Government is desirous of being placed, as soon as practicable, in possession of full information on the subject of Courts of this kind in other countries, and of their practical operation; and I am to request you to be good enough to procure and forward to this office any printed documents or books which will explain the constitution of these Courts, their mode of working, and their practical results. If you apply at the several Consulates in London of countries in which such or similar Courts have been established, you will no doubt bo furnished with such information as will enable you to select the latest and most authentic publications of the kind required. I have, <fee, J. Morrison. Esq., W. Gisboene, 3, Adelaide Place, King William Street, London. Under Secretary.

No. 2. Copy of a Letter from Mr. John Morrison to the Hon. E. W. Stafford. Office of the New Zealand Government Agency, 3, Adelaida Place, King William Street, Sib,— London (E.C.), 26th April, 18G7. Referring to your letter of the number and date as stated in the margin, wherein you direct me to procure and forward to you any printed documents or books which explain the constitution, the mode of working, and the praclieal results of Courts of Arbitration in other countries, I do myself the honor to inform you that letters were addressed to the Consuls, residing in London, of France, Austria, Prussia, United States of America, Belgium, and the Hanseatic Republics, and herewith I beg leave to transmit copies of the replies received, and to state that further proceedings are being instituted to obtain the information required. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, John Mobbison. Wellington, New Zealand.

Enclosure 1 in No. 2. Copy of a Letter from the Prussian Consul-Genebal to Mr. John Moeeison. Royal Prussian General Consulate, London, Sib,— 106, Fenchurch Street (E.C.), sth April, 1867. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your leßfer of yesterday's date, relative to Courts of Arbitration, or their equivalent, in the Kingdom of Prussia, and, in reply, I beg leave to suggest that you should make an application for the information you require either through Her Majesty's Foreign Office, Whitehall, or direct to the British Embassy, at Berlin. I have, &c, H. B. Hebeleb, John Morrison, Esq. Consul-General.

Enclosure 2 in No. 2. Copy of a Letter from the Belgian Consul to Mr. John Moeeison. Sib — In reply to your letter of the 4th instant, about the establishment of Courts of Arbitration in New Zealand, I hasten to inform you that in Belgium there are no such Courts. I have, &c, John Morrison, Esq. DeliEpieeee.

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Enclosure 3 in No. 2. Copy of a Letter from tho Minister Eesident of the Hanse Towns to Mr. JonN Morrison. Hanseatic Legation, 60, Eaton Square (S.W.), Sic, — London, 11th April, 1867. In reply to your favor of the 4th instant, which has been handed over to me by Mr. ConsulGeneral Wulfl', I have the honor to inform you that no Courts of Arbitration exist in the Hanse Towns. I am, &c, Geffeken, John Morrison, Esq. Minister Resident of the Hanse Towns.

Enclosure 4 in No. 2. Copy of a Letter from tho French Consul-General to Mr. John Morrison. Consulat-General de Prance en Angleterre, Monsieur, — Londres, le 12 Avril, 1867. J'ai recu la lettre que vous m'avez fait l'honneur de m'ecrire le 6 de cc mois, et par laquelle vous cxprimez le desir de savoir a gui il faudrait s'adresser pour obtenir dcs informations sur le fonctionnement, &c, dcs Cours d'Arbitrage en France. Ces institutions etant placees sous la direction dv Minister© de PAgriculture, dv Commerce, et dcs Travaux Publics a Paris, je ne puis que vous engager a ccrire directement a. Monsieur de Foreade, et je ne doute pas que S. Ex. ne vous fournisse tousles renseignements que vous pourricz desirer sur la matiere. Agreez, Ac., Le Consul-General Monsieur John Morrison. Fleuex.

Enclosure 5 in No. 2. Copy of a Letter from the Austrian Consul to Mr. John Morrison. Sib,— 29, St. Swithin's Lane (8.C.), 18th April, 1867. In reply to your note dated 4th instant, I am sorry to say that this Consulate-General does not possess any printed documents or books (in English language) respecting Austrian Courts of Arbitration. Such documents or books could only be procured to you from Vienna, but in German language. There is here an Austrian lawyer, Dr. Zimmermann, of whom I beg to enclose the address, and by whom, I suppose, you could get the best information about this matter. I am, &c, John Morrison, Esq. C. O. Namnamt.

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