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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

MANDATED TERRITORY OF WESTERN SAMOA (SECOND REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF) FOR THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st MARCH, 1922.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor-General. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 31st August, 1922. The Prime Minister presents his respectful compliments to His Excellency the Governor-General, and has the honour to forward for transmission to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations, Geneva, the Second Report of the Government of New Zealand on the Administration of the Mandated Territory of" Western Samoa, together with the answers to questions in the special Questionnaire prepared by the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations, and copies of the Act, Orders in Council, and Ordinances referred to in the report. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister.

Memorandum for the Right Honourable the Prime Minister. Department of External Affairs, Wellington, N.Z., 3rd Juno, 1922. I forward herewith the second report on the administration of Western Samoa, which has been prepared by my direction, pursuant to Article 6 of the Mandate for ex-German Samoa. Supplementary and attached to this report is the questionnaire which was prepared by the Special Mandates Commission of the League of Nations and forwarded to each Mandatory for guidance in the preparation of its reports, and the answers to the questions set forth therein. E. P. Lee, Minister of External Affairs.

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