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No. 16. New Zealand, No. 117. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 15th June, 1926. At the instance of my Prime Minister, I have the honour to inform you that the Directors of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, which closed on the Ist May, have asked that an expression of their deep appreciation of the co-operation of His Majesty's Government in connection with the Exhibition may be conveyed to you. The Exhibition is generally regarded as having proved an entirely successful venture and as having achieved important results. 2. The special interest and excellence of the exhibit provided by His Majesty's Government, and the enhanced status which it gave to the whole undertaking, were of the greatest possible value. The comprehensive and artistic display in the British Government Pavilion was appreciated and admired by hundreds of thousands of visitors, and the Directors express the hope that the best interests of Great Britain and the Empire have been well served by this exhibit, and that, combined with the work of the representatives of His Majesty's Government at the pavilion, the display has achieved the objects intended. 3. The Government of New Zealand desires to associate itself in this expression of the thanks and appreciation of the Directors of the Exhibition. 4. I enclose herewith copies of a despatch which I have addressed to the Governor of Fiji in connection with the exhibit which the Government of that colony provided at the Exhibition. I have, &c., CHABLES FEBGUSSON, Governor-General. The Bight Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.8., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 17. New Zealand, No. 119. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 15th June, 1926. With reference to your despatches, Dominions No. 73 of the 13th February, and Dominions No. 185, of the 17th April, on the subject of the Motor Traffic International Conference at Paris last April, I have the honour to inform you, at the instance of my Ministers, that, while the Government of this Dominion much appreciated the invitation extended to them to participate in the Conference, they regret that they were unable to accept it, owing to the difficulty of arranging suitable representation at that particular time. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 18. New Zealand, No. 125. g IR) — Government House, Wellington, 25th June, 1926. With reference to your despatch, No. 86, of the 26th April, 1 have the honour to inform you that while my Ministers appreciate the invitation eiXtended to them by the president of the National Tuberculosis Association of the United States to participate in a meeting of the International Union against Tuberculosis, to be held in Washington in September and October next, they regret that it will not be possible to send a delegate from this Dominion. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General, The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

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