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for the Government of the Cook and other Islands," a transcript of which accompanied your despatch (No. 117) of the 12th December last. noT^o. 190 *' I have, &c, ALFRED LYTTELTON. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 32. My Lord —- Downing Street, 9th February, 1904. I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance with respect to the Act, No. 11 of 1903, of the Legislature of New Zealand, entitled " An Act to provide for the Establishment and Control of Stations for the purpose of Wireless Telegraphy, a transcript of which accompanied your despatch (No. 117) of the 12th December a.-i, i 904. l fl( ,f I have, &c, ALFRED LYTTELTON. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

No. 33. My Lord,-- Downing Street, 16th February, 1904. 1 have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your despatch (No. 117) of the 12th December last. no. 26. I have, &c, ALFRED LYTTELTON. Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Ranfurly, G.C.M.G., &c. [For List of Acts see New Zealand Gazette of the 12th May, 1904, page 1254.]

No. 34. (No. 10.) My Lord, Downing Street, 18th February, 1904. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch (No. 2) A.-i,i904. of the 7th January, from which I have learnt with regret of the death of the °- c Honourable W. C." Walker, C.M.G., Speaker of the Legislative Council of New 7pfllanH 1 have, &c. Zealand - ALFRED LYTTELTON. Governor the Right Hon. the Earl of Ranfurly, G.C.M.G., &c.

No. 35. (Circular.) My Lord, Downing Street, 15th March, 1904. I have the honour to direct your attention to the treatise on the " Classification and Uses of Finger-prints," in connection with the identification of criminals, by Mr. E. R. Henry, C.5.1., formerly of the Indian Civil Service, and now Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police. 2. As two of the Agents-General have applied to His Majesty's Government for information on this subject, I enclose for your information a copy of a circular despatch which was addressed by my predecessor to the Governors of colonies not possessing Responsible Government, in some of which the system has already been brought into use with the same success which has attended its adoption in this country and in India. 1 have, &c, ALFRED LYTTELTON. Governor the Right LTon. the Earl of Ranfurly, G.C.M.G., &c.

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