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No. 19. New Zealand, No. 126. Sir,— Government House, Wellington, 25th June, 1926. With reference to your despatch, No. 74, of the 6th April, relative to the representation of New Zealand at the Third Pan-Pacific Science Congress, to be held at Tokio from the 27th October to the 9th November, 1926, I have the honour to inform you that the New Zealand Government, while greatly appreciating the invitation extended to this Dominion, regrets that it cannot see its way to be represented at the Congress. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 20. New Zealand, No. 137. Sir,— Government House, Wellington, 7th July, 1926. With reference to your despatch, Dominions No. 177, of the 14th April, on the subject of the Arbitration Agreement with Portugal, I have the honour to inform you that the New Zealand Government has no objection to the proposed renewal of the existing agreement for a further period of five years, to date from the 16th November, 1926. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 21. New Zealand, No. 144. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 14th July, 1926. With reference to your despatch No. 102, of the 17th May, transmitting copy of a note from the German Ambassador regarding the transmission of rogatory commissions under the provisions of the International Convention of the 12th September, 1923, for the Suppression of the Circulation of and Traffic in Obscene Publications, I have the honour to inform you, in reply, that the New Zealand Government will be prepared to accept, in respect of this Dominion and Western Samoa, rogatory commissions transmitted by such of the methods specified in Article 3 of the Convention as may be considered desirable by the Imperial Government. They should be sent through the usual official channel. 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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