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No. 7. New Zealand, Dominions No. 20. Sir, — Downing Street, Bth January, 1929. With reference to Lord Lovat's despatch, Dominions No. 10, of the 11th January, I have the honour to transmit, for the information of His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, the accompanying copies of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1928 (19 Geo. 5, eh. 1). I have, &c., L. S. AMERY. Governor-General His Excellency General Sir C. Fergusson, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.8., D.5.0., M.V.0., &c,

Enclosure. Unemployment Insurance Act, 1928 [19 Geo. s]. Chapter 1. An Act to provide that, for the purpose of the power of the Treasury to make Advances to the Unemployment Fund during the Period ending on the thirty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirty, the Total Amount of the advances which may be outstanding during the. Deficiency period shall be increased to Forty Million Pounds. [28th November, 15J28.] Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: — Increase of limit on Treasury advances. 1. The limit on the amount, which may be outstanding during the deficiency period, of the advances to be made by the Treasury for the purpose of discharging the liabilities of the unemployment fund under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1927, shall be increased to forty million pounds : Provided that after the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty, no further advances shall be made unless and until the amount of the advances outstanding has been reduced below thirty million pounds, and thereafter the amount of advances outstanding at any time during the deficiency period shall not exceed thirty million pounds. Short title, construction, and extent. 2. (1) This Act may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1928, and shall be construed as one with the Unemployment Insurance Acts, IS2O to 1927, and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1928. (2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

No. 8. New Zealand, Dominions No. 21. Sir, — Downing Street, 9th January, 1929. With reference to my despatch, Dominions No. 585, of the 12th December, I have the honour to transmit, for the information of His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, the accompanying copies of an extract from the London Gazette of the 21st December, containing the Safeguarding of Industries (Exemption) No. 6 Order, 1928, dated the 18th December. I have, &c., L. S. AMEKY. Governor-General His Excellencv General Sir C. Fergusson, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.8., D.5.0., M.V.0., &c.

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