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1908. NEW ZEALAND.

DESPATCHES FROM THE GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES.

Presented to both Rouses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

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No. | of Series Page Subject. Date. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 April, 1907.. 25 May, „ . • 22 June, „ .. 25 June, ,, . ■ 25 June, „ .. 25 June, „ .. 28 June, „ .. 5 July, ,, • • 18 July, „ • • 22 July, „ • • 2 Aug., „ •■ 3 Aug., „ • • 18 Aug., „ ■ ■ 5 Sept., „ .. 6 Sept., „ . • 21 Sept., „ •■ 2 Oct., „ • • 2 Oct., „ .. 6 Oct., „ . • Gold and silver exported, year 1906 Conference of Teachers of the Deaf .. Merohant-shipping legislation Records of the New Zealand Company Ordinances of the Cook and other Islands White-slave traffic .. .. •• ■• • ■. •• .._. " Honorary distinctions to New Zealand corps for services m South Africa .. Fires in wool-cargoes .. ■ • • • • • . • • „ Change of New Zealand designation from colony to Dominion Opening of Parliament Proposed harbour at Point Elizabeth Shipping rings or conferences ... Universal Postal Union Convention, Rome Maori petition for disallowance of Maori Land Acts _ ••,_•; Presbyterian Church wishes appointments of chaplains to the fleet " Juvenile Smoking Suppression Act, 1903 " : as to its working.. Fires in wool-cargoes .. • • v; Proposed memorial to Captain Cook in Ship s Cove .. .. •• ■• Merchant-shipping legislation : effect to be given to resolutions of Navigation ConGeneral medal to colonial forces for long service and good conduct Certificates of naturalisation to contain signatures of holders Radio-telegraphic Convention • • • ■ Proclamation of New Hebrides Anglo-French Convention Reciprocity in registration of Icelandic trade-marks New Zealand's Acts of 1907 .. • • •■. ■• ••„ Chinese petition in opposition to Chinese Immigrants Act, 1907 Masters and mates to have a knowledge of first aid to the injured Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act Congress of Orientalists .. ■ • ■ • '' . .. V j to " \ *' ± i,L Letters patent, Royal instructions, and Commission appointing Lord Plunket to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Dominion of New Zealand On the subject of the regulations for candidates entering the British navy Substitution of fern-leaves for laurel-leaves in the Governor s flag Forage and poisonous plants for veterinary instruction .. •■ •• Certain islands in the Pacific to be under the jurisdiction of the Dominion Shipping rings or conferences .. •• ■• ••„ Chinese petition in opposition to " Chinese Immigrants Act, 1907 Tncrease of subsidy of the Dominion to the Imperial navy Asking for an obsolete man-of-war for training young men for the Imperial navy .. 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Oct., „ •• 9 Nov., „ • ■ 3 Dec., „ • • 10 Dec, „ • • 11 Dec, „ •■ 14 Dec, „ .. 14 Dec, „ .. 21 Dec, „ .. 21 Dec, „ •■ 21 Dec, „ . • 2 Jan., 1908.. 10 10 10 10 11 11 15 16 16 16 16 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 3 Jan., „ • ■ 5 Jan., ,, 12 Mar., „ .. 17 Mar., „ . . 17 Mar., „ .. 17 Mar., „ .. 17 Mar., „ .. 17 Mar., „ .. 17 17 18 18 19 19 22 22