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No. 10. New Zealand, No. 64. My Lord,— Government House, Wellington, 9th April, 1919. With reference to your predecessor's despatch, Dominions No. 703, of the 9th December, 1918, regarding the constitution of an Imperial Investigation Board, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that this matter has been referred by telegraph to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who is at present in London, with the suggestion that he should deal with the matter direct with the Colonial Office. I have no doubt that this has already been done. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL, Governor- General. The Right Hon. Viscount Milner, P.C., G.C.B, &c, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

No. 11. New Zealand, No. 74. My Lord,— Government House, Wellington, 30th April, 1919. With reference to your despatch, No. 123, of the 25th January last, regarding the imposition by the Government of Bermuda of a war-tax on letters sent from that colony to other parts of the Empire, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that my Ministers have issued instructions in the sense suggested in the last paragraph of the despatch. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. The Right Hon. Viscount Milner, P. 0., G.C.8., &c, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

No. 12. New Zealand, No. 76. My Lord, — Government House, Wellington, 7th May, 1919. With reference to your predecessor's despatch, No. 237, of the 31st December, 1918, with regard to the Executive Council of the Imperial Institute, I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that my Ministers desire that the Honourable Sir Thomas Mackenzie, K.C.M.G., High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, should be reappointed to represent the Dominion on the Executive Council of the Institute. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL, Governor-General. The Right Hon. Viscount Milner, P.C., G.C.8., &c, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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No. 13. New Zealand, No. 85. My Lord, — Government House, Wellington, 23rd May, 1919. I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that I duly invited the attention of my Ministers to your predecessor's despatch, Dominions No. 622, of the 31st October last, relative to the resolution passed at the Imperial War Conference, 1918, endorsing the principle of the Non-ferrous Metal Industry Act of the United Kingdom. 2. My Ministers have now advised me to reply that the Government of New Zealand are in sympathy with the resolution, and that they will adopt measures accordingly so far as the circumstances of this Dominion render action necessary. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL, Governor- General. The Right Hon. Viscount Milner, P.C., G.C.8., &c, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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