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No. 127. New Zealand, No. 379. My Lord, — Downing Street, 10th November, 1911. With reference to my despatch, No. 206, of the 27th June, I have the honour to state that I should be glad to receive the views of your Government on the proposals of the Army Council communicated in my predecessor's despatch, No. 166, of the 30th July, 1910, on the subject of the emigration of ex-soldiers from this country to the self-governing dominions. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

No. 128. New Zealand, No. 381. • My Lord, — Downing Street, 14th November, 1911. With reference to your despatch, No. 128, of the 21st of September, I have the honour to request that you will inform your Ministers that the King's exequatur empowering Senor Don Ambrosio Millar to act as Peruvian Consul at Auckland received His Majesty's signature on the 30th of October. I have, &o, L. HARCOURT. The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand. No. 129. New Zealand, No. 384. My Lord,— Downing Street, 16th November, 1911. With reference to your despatch, No. 126, of the 15th September, 1 have the honour to transmit to you, for the consideration of your Ministers, a copy of a letter from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries stating that it has been decided on behalf of the United Kingdom to subscribe during a period of three years for two hundred copies of the English translations of the bulletins published by the International Agricultural Institute at Rome, and communicating the wish of the President of the Institute that your Government should also subscribe. I have, &o, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c. Enclosure. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sir,— 4 Whitehall Place, London S.W., 9th November, 1911. I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to advert to the despatch dated the sth July last from Sir Bennell Bodd, British Ambassador in Rome, a copy of which the Board understand was sent to you by the Foreign Office, transmitting a report, with its enclosure, from Mr. Herbert G. Dering, British delegate to the Permanent Committee of the International Agricultural Institute at Rome, on the subject of ihe English translations of the " Bulletin of Economic and Social Intelligence" and the "Bulletin of Agricultural Intelligence and Plantdiseases " published by the Institute, and, with reference to the penultimate paragraph of that report, I am to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State, that the Board have now been authorized by the Treasury to subscribe for two hundred copies of each of these bulletins for a period of three years, in order to enable the Institute to continue to issue English translations as heretofore. The Board communicated this decision to Mr. Dering, and they have received in reply a letter conveying the wish of the Marquis Cappelli, the President of the Institute, to have the fact of this subscription made known to the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Mauritius, and the Union of South Africa, in the hope that they will consider the advisability of subscribing in a similar manner for a proportionate number of copies of these bulletins, according to the group of States in which each Government has elected to be classed. The Board would be glad if the Secretary of State could see his way to bring the President's wish to the notice of the Governments concerned. I am, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. T. H. Elliott, Secretary.

No. 129. New Zealand, No. 384. My Lord, — Downing Street, 16th November, 1911. With reference to your despatch, No. 126, of the 15th September, 1 have the honour to transmit to you, for the consideration of your Ministers, a copy of a letter from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries stating that it has been decided on behalf of the United Kingdom to subscribe during a period of three years for two hundred copies of the English translations of the bulletins published by the International Agricultural Institute at Rome, and communicating the wish of the President of the Institute that your Government should also subscribe. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

Enclosure. Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, Sir, — 4 Whitehall Place, London S.W., 9th November, 1911. I am directed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries to advert to the despatch dated the sth July last from Sir Eennell Eodd, British Ambassador in Rome, a copy of which the Board understand was sent to you by the Foreign Office, transmitting a report, with its enclosure, from Mr. Herbert G. Dering, British delegate to the Permanent Committee of the International Agricultural Institute at Rome, on the subject of the English translations of the " Bulletin of Economic and Social Intelligence " and the " Bulletin of Agricultural Intelligence and Plantdiseases " published by the Institute, and, with reference to the penultimate paragraph of that report, I am to acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of State, that the Board have now been authorized by the Treasury to subscribe for two hundred copies of each of these bulletins for a period of three years, in order to enable the Institute to continue to issue English translations as heretofore. The Board communicated this decision to Mr. Dering, and they have received in reply a letter conveying the wish of the Marquis Cappelli, the President of the Institute, to have the fact of this subscription made known to the Governments of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Mauritius, and the Union of South Africa, in the hope that they will consider the advisability of subscribing in a similar manner for a proportionate number of copies of these bulletins, according to the group of States in which each Government has elected to be classed. The Board would be glad if the Secretary of State could see his way to bring the President's wish to the notice of the Governments concerned. I am, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. T. H. Elliott, Secretary.