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2. The Organizing Committee have asked that an invitation to be represented at this Congress may be extended to the Government of New Zealand, and I shall be glad to learn whether your Ministers desire to send a delegate. I have, &c, DEVONSHIRE. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., &c. *

No. 2. New Zealand, No. 262. My Lord, — Downing Street, 14th December, 1922. With reference to my predecessor's despatch, No. 78, of the 27th April, I have the honour to state that the Executive Council of the British Empire Exhibition have informed me that their Mission received a most cordial reception in New Zealand, and have asked me to convey to Your Excellency and to your Ministers their best thanks for the great interest taken in the aims of the Mission and for the courtesy and assistance accorded to their representatives. I have, &c, DEVONSHIRE. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., &c.

No. 3. New Zealand, No. 275. My Lord, — Downing Street, 29th December, 1922. With reference to Your Excellency's despatch, No. 280, of the 11th October, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of a letter to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations conveying the information furnished by the Government of New Zealand as to the protection of industrial property, and notifying their agreement with the aims of the draft additional articles to the Paris Convention, revised at Washington in 1911. I have, &c, DEVONSHIRE. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. (W. 10195/3831/98.) Sir— Foreign Office, S.W. 1, 19th December, 1922. With reference to your circular letter, No. 57, 1922, 11, of the 19th June last, regarding the extent of protection afforded by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, revised at Washington in 1911, I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to inform you, at the request of the Government of New Zealand, that the law in that country for the protection of industrial property is substantially the same as that in Great Britain. The text of British legislation on the subject is already in your possession. 2. The Government of New Zealand, having considered the draft additional articles which it is proposed to insert in the convention, desire to express agreement with the aims of the draft, and state that they will consider favourably the introduction of legislation corresponding with such legislation as may be passed in this country for giving effect to agreements which may be reached at the conference to be held at the Hague next year. I have, <fee, The Secretary-General of the League of Nations, Geneva.

No. 4. New Zealand, Dominions No. 27. My Lord, — Downing Street, 19th January, 1923. With reference to my predecessor's despatch, Dominions No. 173, of the 31st May, 1922, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a publication issued by the Home Office