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the King upon his coronation, and expressing the hope that the reign of His Majesty and Queen Mary may be a long and happy one I have, &c., ISLINGTON, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Enclosure. Addbess from the House of Repeesentatives. To His Excellency the Right Hoa. John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies. May it please Your Excellency,— We, His Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the members of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, desire respectfully to inform Your Excellency that we have this day passed the following resolution, which we request may be forwarded to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies : — Besolved, " That this House desires to record its respectful congratulations to His Majesty the King upon his coronation, and to express the hope that the reign of His Majesty and Queen Mary may be a long and happy one." 3rd December, 1910. A. R. Guinness, Speaker.

No. 53. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 15th December, 1910. I have the honour to forward herewith, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, three copies each of Bulletin No. 9, on the geology of the Whatatutu Subdivision, and the preliminary report on the Taranaki oilfields, which deal with petroleum-deposits. I have, &c, ISLINGTON, Governor. The Secretary to the Admiralty, Whitehall, London.

No. 51 New Zealand, No. 156. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 15th December, 1910. I have the honour to forward herewith a synopsis, prepared by the Hon. the Attorney-General, of the Acts passed during the third session of the seventeenth Parliament of New Zealand, together with the Acts duly authenticated with the seal of the Dominion. 2. The Bill intituled the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1910 (No. 85), has been reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon, and six copies of that Bill will be forwarded in a separate parcel direct to the Colonial Office for the use of the Board of Trade, in accordance with instructions contained in the Secretary of State's circular despatch of the 23rd December, 1903. I have, &c, ISLINGTON, The Eight Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Enclosures. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 13th December, 1910. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. The Prime Minister presents his compliments, and begs to forward, for transmission to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a Rynopsis, prepared by the Hon. the Attorney-