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No. 100. The Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington, to the Director, International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations, Berne. Sir, — General Post Office, Wellington, Ist April, 1908. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular letter of the Ist January, 1907, asking to be supplied with two copies of any laws and regulations in force in this country relating to radio-telegraphy. In reply, I enclose two copies of " The Wireless Telegraph Act, 1903." As no radio-telegraph stations have been opened in New Zealand, it has not been necessary to issue any regulations. I have, Ac, D. Robertson, Secretary. The Director, International Bureau of Telegraph Administrations (Radio-telegraphic Convention), Berne. .Tel. 08/389(7).]

No. 101. The Hon. the Minister of Telegraphs to the Right Hon. the Prime Minister. [Minute on No. 98.] The Right Hon. the Prime Minister. 27th May, 1908. No licenses for the working of wireless telegraphy on board ships have yet been issued by this Government; but in the event of any being issued at any time the names of the vessels to which they are issued and the terms of the licenses will, as desired, be furnished for the information of the Postmaster-General in London. J. G. Ward, Minister of Telegraphs. [Tel. 08/389(10).]

EMPIRE CABLES, ETC. No. 102. The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies to His Excellency the Governor. My Lord, — Downing Street, 19th July, 1907. I have the honour to transmit to you, to be laid before your Ministers, copy of a despatch. from the Governor-General of Canada forwarding copy of an address presented by the Ottawa Board of Trade on the subject of Empire cables and of his reply. I have at the same time to enclose copy of a letter from Sir S. Fleming on the subject, dated the 26th January, 1906 [Enclosure 1 in No. 103], together with a copy of a letter from the Pacific Cable Board, to whom Sir S. Fleming's letter was referred for their examination and report, at his request. I have, Ac, " Governor, the Right Hon. Lord Plunket, K.C.M.G., X.C.V.0., Ac. Elgin, [Tel. 07/327.]

Enclosure in No. 102. His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State fob the Colonies, London. My Lord,— D.G.S. "Minto," off Quebec, 23rd June, 1907. I have the honour to forward herewith, for jour information, copy of an address presented to me by the Ottawa Board of Trade, on the 21st instant, on the subject of the " all-red " system of State-owned cables, and of my reply. Your Lordship will notice that I told the deputation of the Board of Trade that I should have much pleasure in requesting you to communicate the contents of their address to His Majesty the King, and I shall be obliged if you can see your way to lay the same before His Majesty. I shall also be obliged if you can, in accordance with the request of the Board of Trade, have copies of their address forwarded to the various Governments of the Empire. I have, Ac, The Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin, E.G., Ac, Colonial Office, S.W. Gret.