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Prime Minister's Office, Wellington. 26th July, 1910. . Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. The Prime Minister presents his compliments to His Excellency the Governor, and begs to transmit herewith copy of a communication received from the executive of the friendly society of the Order of Papawharanui the First, Ngapuna, with reference to the death of His Majesty King Edward VII and the accession of His Majesty King George V. The letter has? been suitably acknowledged. J. G. Ward, Prime Minister.

[Translation.] Kieitapu Hirini, Manager, Friendly Society of the Order of Papawharanui the First, Ngapuna, Rotorua, to the Right Hon. the Prime Minister. Ngapuna, Rotorua, New Zealand, 7th June, 1910. The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister, Wellington. Sad greetings unto you and your colleagues, arising in the announcement published in the Gazette of the 7th May, 1910, No. 21, page 247. That announcement has stirred our hearts to give expression to the following sentiments of sorrow and of consolation. As has been said of old, a teteltura dies and a tetehura survives. For example, our beloved Queen Victoria was, by the grace of God, crowned on the 20th of June. When Her Majesty died there survived her, by the grace of God, our King Edward the Seventh. He also has now died, full of fame and honour. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away : Blessed be the name of the Lord. And now that His Majesty has died, our beloved Prince survives him, to become King George the Fifth, Ariki of Great Britain and its wide-spreading Dominions, and Defender of the Faith. May he in his turn be blessed. He comes as the Ariki of mercy and as a messenger of peace from the"Most High. Now, therefore, we in all humility and the bond of unity, the friendly society of the Order of Papawharanui the First, do hereby swear our fealty to Prince George the Fifth, for ever and ever. Amen. His Excellency Lord Islington, Governor : Hearty greetings unto you and your Executive Council. May the blessings of our Lord Jesus Christ rest upon and abide in you all, and lighten up the gloom occasioned by the death of our Ariki, King Edward the Seventh. Our hearts fervently rejoice in the advent of our present and already famed Ariki. His reign begins so auspiciously as to encourage the hope and belief that the prosperity of the Empire, with its many races and languages, will continue to abundantly increase. Order of Papawharanui the First, Ngatitu Tribe. Kieitapu Hirini, Manager. Te Amotawa Kowhai, Instructor. Rawini Taeotu, Secretary. Pateriki Tokorangi, Clerk.

No. 21. New Zealand, No. 90. My Lord, — Government House, Wellington, 28th July, 1910. I have the honour to forward to your Lordship, for transmission to the War Office, a copy of a memorandum from my Prime Minister, with reference to the desire of Master Massey, of Invercargill, New Zealand, to qualify for a commission in the Royal Engineers. I have, &c, ISLINGTON, Governor. The Right Hon. the Earl of Crewe, K.G., P.C., &c, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Enclosure. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 26th July. 1910. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. Re Qualification for Commission in the Boyal Engineers by a New Zealand Candidate. The Prime Minister presents his compliments to His Excellency the Governor, and begs to request that His Excellency will please obtain information on the following subjects required in connec2—A. 1.