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Council on Industrial and Scientific Research, as authorized by Order in Council of the 6th June, 1916 :— A. Stanley Mackenzie, Ph.D., formerly Professor of Physics in Dalhousie University and Bryn Mawr, now President of Dalhousie College and University. F. D. Adams, Ph.D., D.Sc, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, McGill University, Montreal. R. F. Ruttan, M.D., Professor of Organic and Biological Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal. .1. G. MoLennan, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, University of Toronto. A. B. Macallum, M.8., Ph.D., Sc.D., University of Toronto. Walter C. Murray, LL.D., President of the University of Saskatchewan. R. Hobson, Hamilton. R. A. Ross, Consulting Electrical Engineer, Montreal. Tancrede Bienvenu, of the City of Montreal. Rodolphe Boudreau Clerk of the Privy Council.

New Zealand, No. 4. No ; 16 ' My Lord, — Downing Street, 11th January, 1917. With reference to my predecessor's telegram of the 17th October, 1916, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of Act 6 and 7 Geo. V, eh. 51, of the imperial Parliament, entitled "An Act to prohibit the Use of the Word ' Anzac' in connection with any Trade, Business, Calling, or Profession." I have, &c, WALTER H LONG Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. "Anzac" (Restriction on Trade Use of Word) Act, 1916. Chapter 51. An Act to prohibit the Use of the Word " Anzac " in connection with any Trade, Business, Calling, or Profession. j_ lBtn December, 1916.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — 1. (1.) As from the commencement of this Act it shall not be lawful to use in connection with airy trade, business, calling, or profession the word " Anzac," or any word closely resembling that word, without the authority of a Secretary of State, given on the request of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia or of the Dominion of New Zealand; and this prohibition shall apply notwithstanding that such word forms part of any trade-mark, or of the name of any company or society or other body, which has been registered before the passing of this Act. (2.) If any person acts in contravention of this Act he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and liable on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not exceeding ten pounds, or in the case of a second or subsequent conviction not exceeding one hundred pounds; and when a company or society is guilty of any such contravention, without prejudice to the liability of the company or society, every director, manager, secretary, or other officer of the company or society who is knowingly a party to the contravention shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to the like penalty. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Anzac" (Restriction on Trade Use of Word) Act, 1916, and shall come into operation at the expiration of three months from the passing thereof.

New Zealand, No. 6. No> l7 \ My Lord, — Downing Street, 22nd January, 1917. With reference to my despatch, No. 2, of the 10th January, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of a further despatch from the Governor-General of Canada regarding the appointment of the Honorary Advisory Council in connection with the scheme of scientific and industrial research. I have, &c, WALTER H. LONG. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.