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No. 11. New Zealand, No. 171. Sir, —- Government House, Wellington, 26th August, 1921. With reference to your despatch, Dominions No. 234, of the 13th June, I have the honour to inform you that the Government of New Zealand will favourably consider the question of contributing towards the cost of the Imperial Forestry Bureau, but is at present unable to estimate its due proportion of the total expense of the Bureau. I have, &c, JELLICOE, The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., Governor-General. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

No. 12. New Zealand, No. 175. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 29th August, 1921. With reference to your despatch, No. 108, of the 31st May, on the subject of Arctic Medals for members of the " Aurora " Expedition, I have the honour to inform you that the Government of New Zealand will be'pleased to give every assistance in connection with the location of the claimants and issue of the medals in New Zealand, when they are forwarded. I have, &c, JELLICOE, The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., Governor-General. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

No. 13. New Zealand, No. 201. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 21st September, 1921. With reference to your despatch, Dominions No. 232, of the 11th June, regarding the desire of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology to receive official publications of all descriptions containing scientific or popular articles dealing with the diseases of plants, I have the honour to inform you that the Bureau will be supplied with bound copies of the Neiv Zealand Journal of Agriculture, as complete a,s it is now possible to make it. The Journal is the only publication the Department of Agriculture issues which deals with, the subject-matter of your despatch under reply. The address of the Bureau will also be placed on the Department of Agriculture's mailing-list for future issues of the Journal, and should any other publications dealing with plant-diseases be issued in the future, copies of these will be forwarded as published. 2. It is regretted that owing to the short existence of the State Forest Service as a separate Government Department, pressure of other urgent work has prevented the undertaking of any investigation of tree-diseases. It is hoped, however, later on to have mycological investigations made, and results of such will be intimated to the Bureau as available. I have, &c, JELLICOE, The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., Governor-General. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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No. 14. New Zealand, No. 203. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 22nd September, 1921. With reference to your despatch, Dominions No. 299, of the 26th July, , I have the honour to inform you that the statistical postal returns for 1920, asked

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