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Enclosure. NoBKr, Committee or the Norwegian Parliament. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. All proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed 10th December, 1922, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the Ist February, 1922. Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified : (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; ; (b) members of Parliament and members of Government of the different States, as well as members of the Interparliamentary Union ; (c) members of the International Arbitration Court at the Hague ; (d) members of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau ; (c) members and associates of the Institute of International Law ; (j) university professors of political science and of law, of history, and of philosophy ; and (g) persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations. According to the Code of Statutes, section 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to. According to section 3 every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print. For particulars qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Kristiania.

No. 35. New Zealand, Dominions No. 451. My Lord,— Downing Street, 7th November, 1921. With reference to my predecessor's despatch of the 27th July, 1920, forwarding copies of a report on the Imperial Entomological Conference which was held in London in June, 1920, I have the honour to invite the attention of Your Excellency's Ministers to the abstract of legislation in force in the British Empire dealing with plant pests and diseases, copies of which have been sent to your Government from the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. 2. In the despatch under reference copies of the preliminary draft of the abstract were enclosed ; the abstract as now published by the Bureau is in its final form, and includes legislation up to 1920. It is desirable that the abstract should be revised and brought up to date from time to time, and I should therefore be grateful to your Ministers if they could see their way to arranging for the Director of the Bureau to be notified of any changes in, or additions to, the legislation or regulations concerning plant pests and diseases which may be made by your Government. At the same time, the Director would be glad to receive suggestions or observations on the abstract generally, which can be taken into consideration when a revised edition is being prepared. I have, &c, WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., &c.

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