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Enclosure. Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament. Nobel Peace Prize. All proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed 10th December, 1930, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the Ist February of the same year. Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified : (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute ; (b) members of parliament and members of Government of the different States, as well as members of the Interparliamentary Union ; (c) members of the international Arbitration Court at the Hague ; (d) members of the Council of the International Peace Bureau ; (e) members and associates of the Institute of International Law ; (/) university professors of political science and of law, of history, and of philosophy ; and (g) persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations. According to the Code of Statutes, section 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated, and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to. According to section 3, every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print. For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Oslo.

No. 43. New Zealand, No. 301. Sir, — Downing Street, Ist October, 1929. I have the honour to state, for the information of His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, that the Army Council have recently had under consideration the question of the grant of local rank to officers of Dominion Forces who are in this country on " exchange" courses of instruction, and attachments to the Regular Army in Great Britain. 2. The Army Council state that, previously, it has been customary for local rank to be granted only in the case of officers on " exchange," but that, in view of the fact that other officers are also likely to come into contact with British troops, it is proposed to gazette, with local rank, all regular officers of Dominion Forces who proceed to this country for official purposes. 3. The Council would be glad to learn whether His Majesty's Government in New Zealand see any objection to the course proposed. I have, &c., PASSFIELD. 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.

No. 44. New Zealand, Dominions No. 487. Sir, — Downing Street, 21st October, 1929. With reference to my predecessor's despatch, Dominions No. 491, of the 2nd October, 1928, I have the honour to transmit, for the information of His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, the accompanying copies of an Order of the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries dated the 14th October, regarding the carriage of animals on the weather decks of certain vessels. I have, &c., PASSFIELD. 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.