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No. 86. The Director, International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations, Berne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations (International Sir, — Radio-telegraphic Convention), Berne, Ist January, 1907. With reference to Circulars Nos. 1 [not printed] and 2 of this day's date concerning the Radio-telegraphic International Convention of the 3rd November, 1906, I have the honour to ask you to kindly forward me two copies of the laws and regulations in force in your country dealing with wireless telegraphy. I have, Ac, E. Frey, Director. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. [Tel. 08/389(7).]

No. 87. The Director, International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations, Berne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations (International Sir, — Radio-telegraphic Convention), Berne, Ist January, 1907. As notified to you by my circular of to-day's date, the International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations has accepted, with the consent of the Swiss Federal Council and subject to the approval of the Administrations of the International Telegraph Union, the duties conferred on it by Article 13 of the International Radio-telegraphic Convention of the 3rd November, 1906, and Article XXXVII of the regulations thereunder. In accordance with the terms of Article XXXVIII of the above-mentioned regulations, 1 have the honour to ask you to forward to me as quickly as possible a table similar to the model shown in the regulations, containing the information enumerated in that table as regards radio-telegraphic stations provided for by Article IV of the regulations. From -the information thus furnished I shall prepare a Nomenclature of Radio-telegraph Stations, which will be forwarded to the Administrations concerned. All additions and alterations to be made in this Nomenclature must reach me between the Ist and 10th of each month; they will be embodied in a supplement which will appear on the loth of each month. I have, Ac, The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. E. Frey, Director. [Tel. 08/389(6).]

No. 88. The Director, International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations, Berne, to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations (International Sir, — Radio-telegraphic Convention), Berne, 24th May, 1907. 1 have the honour to advise you that, in its sitting of the 21st of thie month, the Swiss Federal Council appointed two officials, a secretary and a clerk, who will for the present constitute the staff of the Radio-telegraph section of the international Bureau of Telegraph Administrations. As, however, only three Administrations have so far forwarded the information asked for in my circulars Nos. 2 and 3 of the Ist January last [Nos. 85 and 87], the'date when these officials will begin their duties has not yet been fixed. As it would, however, be very desirable for various reasons that this date should be fixed without delay, I have the honour to ask you to kindly inform me when it will be possible for you to forward the Table of Radio-telegraphic Stations of your country, as provided by Article XXXVIII of the regulations under the International Radio-telegraphic Convention, this table being necessary to the International Bureau for the compilation of the official Nomenclature of Radio-telegraph Stations as provided by Article IV of the regulations. I have, Ac, E. Frey, Director. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. [Tel. 08/389(8).!

No. 89. [Extract from Report of the Select Committee on the Radio-telegraphic Convention, Bth July, 1907.] The Select Committee [consisting of Mr. Adkins, Mr. Sydney Buxton, Sir John Dickson-Povnder, Mr. Enoch Edwards, Mr. Gwynn, Sir William Holland, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Arthur Lee, Mr. Macpherson, Sir Gilbert Parker, and Sir Edward Sassoon] appointed by the House of Commons, London, to consider the Radio-telegraphic Convention, signed at Berlin on the 3rd day of November, 1906, and to report what, from the point of view of national and public interests, would, in their opinion, be the effect of the adhesion or non-adhesion of this country to the Convention, have agreed to the following report: — The Committee have held thirteen meetings and examined eighteen witnesses whose official or commercial experience and scientific attainments qualified them to give evidence on the subject referred to the Committee.