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United Kingdom in connection with the notification of vacancies and applications for'employment, I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a memorandum, dated 29th April, received by me on the 22nd May from my Prime Minister, stating that the matter will be carefully considered by my Government, and that should it be deemed advisable to take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the British labour exchanges, steps will be taken on the lines suggested in the correspondence which accompanied your despatch. I have, &c, "> ISLINGTON, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

No. 7. New Zealand, No. 70. S IR> _ Government House, Auckland, 23rd May, 1912. With reference to Colonial Office despatch, No. 46, of the year 1908, in which it was requested that the Secretary of State for the Colonies be supplied with copies, for the information of the Postmaster-General, of any licenses issued in this Dominion for the working of wireless telegraphy on board ships, 1 have the honour to transmit to you, by request of my Prime Minister, the accompanying copy, in duplicate, of a license,' dated the 22nd April, 1912, for the installation and working of apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board the undermentioned three steamers of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited), namely : " Maitai," " Tofua," " Warrimoo." I have, &c, ISLINGTON, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

No. 8. New Zealand, No. 71. g TR Government House, Auckland, 23rd May, 1912. With reference to your despatch, No. 369, of the 20th October, 1.911, forwarding copy of a letter from the British Representative on the Permanent Committee of the International Agricultural Institute at Rome, together with certain publications of the Institute, I have the honour to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a memorandum which I have received from my Prime Minister on the subject." T haye > &c -> J ISLINGTON, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Enclosure. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, loth May. 1912. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. The Prime Minister presents his compliments to His Excellency the Governor, and begs to inform him, in regard to Government House record 11/988, that the resolutions of the 1911 General Assembly of the International Institute of Argiculture forwarded through the Secretary of State for the Colonies have been translated, aud the contents noted. The resolutions deal with a wide range of subjects, some of which merely require noting, and others of which involve a great deal of inquiry. _ The various matters requiring action will be attended to, and, as requested by the Institute, and following the usual practice, replies will be sent direct to the Institute. Thos. Mackenzie, r Prime Minister.

No. 9. New Zealand, No. 72. g IR Government House, Auckland, 23rd May, 1912. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 68, of the 28th February, on the subject of the alliance of certain New Zealand regiments with regiments of the British Army.