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Enclosure. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 3rd April, 1911. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. The Prime Minister presents his compliments to His Excellency the Governor, and begs to forward herewith letters addressed to the undermentioned persons by the President and Honorary Secretary of the New Zealand Association for the Severance of the Connection of the British Empire with the Opium Traffic, the said letters being dated the 20th March, 1911 : The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of State for India, the Prime Minister of Great. Britain and Ireland, Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, Leader of the Opposition. These letters have been received from the Honorary Secretary of the above-named association with a request that they may be forwarded to their respective addresses. J. Carroll, Acting Prime Minister.

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By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer. Wellington.—1911.