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No. 2S. New Zealand, No. :514. \lv Lord, Downing Street, 16th dune, L 915. 1 have ihe honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the paper noted below on Ihe subject of the health insurance of seamen. I have, &c, A. BONAR LAW. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

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Enclosure. National Health Insurance Commission (England), Sin,— Buckingham Gate, London S.W., 10th June, 1915. With reference to your letter of the 27th ultimo (22583/1915), transmitting a copy of a despatch, No. Or, from the Governor of New Zealand, I am directed by the National Health Insurance C< nission (Kngland) to state that the letter addressed to you on the 26th January last, under reference 34741/12 related only to the postponement of the proposed scheme for the collection of the employers' contributions due under the National Insurance Acts in respect of seamen who neither are domiciled nor have places of residence in the United Kingdom or who hold certificates of exemption. The Commissioners do not desire that the sale of health-insurance stamps for the payment of contributions in respect of seamen who are required to be insured should be discontinued, and they will be obliged if the Governor of New Zealand may be informed accordingly. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office, S.W. J. G. Bell.

No. 29. New Zealand, No. 329. My I oho,- Downing Street, 21st June, 1915. I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information or*your Ministers, the accompanying copy of a, document notifying that the Right Hon. Sir Edmund Marton, G.C.M.G., Judge of the High Court of Australia, has been sworn of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. 1 have, &c, A. BONAR LAW. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Ear] of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. Ai the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of June, 1915. Presenl : The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Tins day the Right Hon. Sir Edmund Barton, G.C.M.G., Judge of the High Court of Australia, having been appointed a member of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Ihe 24th (lav of January, L9Ol, was, by His Majesty's command, sworn, and took his place at the Board accordingly. Ai.mekio PiTZROT.

No. 30. New Zealand, No. 330. My Lord, — Downing Street, 21st June, 1915. T have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of an official handbook of sailing directions and general information concerning the Panama Canal,

Date. Description. Oth June, 1915 From the National Health Insurance Commission (England).