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No. 48. No. 15. ■ My Lord, Downing Street, 22nd January, 1909. I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the Act No. 230 of 1908 of the Parliament of New Zealand, entitled " An Act to amend the Immigration Restriction Act, 1908," a transcript of which accompanied your despatch No. 81, of the 3rd of i November last. I have, &c, T CREWE. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

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No. 49. New Zealand, No. 23. My Lord, Downing Street, 28th January, 1909. I have the honour to transmit to you for information of your Ministers, with reference to my despatch No. 224 of the 31st of December last, the papers noted in the subjoined schedule on the subject of the sympathy of the Government and people of New Zealand with the people of Italy in connection with the recent earthquake. I have, &c, CREWE.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Enclosures. Sir, Rome, llth'Jany., 1909. I have the honour to report that on receipt of your telegram No. 2 of the Ist instant, I duly conveyed to the Italian Government the message from the Governor of New Zealand, expressing the sympathy of the people and Government of that Colony with the people of Italy in the disastrous earthquake in Calabria and Sicily. I have the honour to enclose a translation of a* note which I have received from Signor Tittoni in reply stating that be communicated the message to the King of Italy and that His Majesty has requested that an expression of his thanks may be conveyed to the Governor of New Zealand. I have etc., The Right Honourable Sir E. Grey, Bart., M.P., &c, &c. Rennell Rodd. Sir, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 9th January, 1909. In answer to the note which .Your Excellency was so good as to address me dated the 2nd instant, I have the honour to inform you that I hastened to lay before His Majesty the King, my August Sovereign, the expressions of pain and sympathy towards Italians, which the Governor of New Zealand, in the name of the people and Government of that colony has expressed on the occasion of the terrible disaster in Calabria and Sicily. His Majesty the King to whom this evidence of human solidarity has been particularly acceptable, has charged me to bring to the knowledge of the Governor the expression of his gratitude. Whilst in the meanwhile, requesting Your Excellency to be so good as to convey these sentiments of His Majesty I have etc., His Excellency Sir R. Rodd, British Ambassador, Rome. (sd) Tittoni.

No. 50. New Zealand, No. 27. My Lord, Downing Street, 3rd February, 1909. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of an Act (8 Edward 7 Ch. 51) of the Imperial Parliament, entitled " An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Court of Appeal in England."

Date. Description. 1909. From H.M. Ambassador at Rome to the Foreign Office. 11th January