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Enclosure. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 4th April, 1911. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. The Acting Prime Minister presents his compliments to His Excellency the Governor, and respectfully asks if His Excellency would be so good as to place himself in communication with the Home authorities, with a view of obtaining Imperial sanction to the affiliation of the British regiments which have served in New Zealand during the Maori war to regiments of the Territorial Force of the Dominion. The following particulars showing the British regiments which have served in New Zealand, and the regiments of the Territorial Forces to which it is desired that they should be attached, are submitted for His Excellency's information : —

J. Carroll, Acting Prime Minister

No. 5. New Zealand, No. 64. Sir, — Government House, Auckland, 18th May, 1911. Referring to your despatch, No. 94, of the 10th March last, on the subject of the reduction of the minimum postage rate between New Zealand and French Oceania, I have the honour to transmit to you copy of a memorandum and draft convention received from my Acting Prime Minister, dealing with the subject referred to. I have, &c, ISLINGTON, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

A.-2, 1911, No. 140.

Enclosure. Prime Minister's Office. Wellington, 6th May, 1911. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. The Acting Prime Minister presents his compliments, and begs to refer to Colonial Office despatch No. 94, on the subject of the reduction of the minimum postage rate between New Zealand and French Oceania. As suggested in the despatch from His Majesty's Ambassador at Paris to the Foreign Office, a draft convention has been prepared, and is enclosed herewith for the consideration of the French Government. J. Carroll. (Draft.) Convention to regulate Postat, Rates upon Letters passing between New Zealand and French Oceania. Article I. The High Contracting Parties, in accordance with the provision of Article 21 (twenty-one) of the Universal Postal Union, concluded at Rome on the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, have agreed to modify the postal rates on letters sent from New Zealand addressed to places in French (Wtmia, and on letters sent from French Oceania addressed to places in the Dominion of New Zealand.

British Regiment. Where served. New Zealand Regiment to be affiliated. Suffolk (12th) West Yorks (14th)].. Royal Irish (18th) . . South Lancashire e (40th) Waikato, Thames .. .. 3rd (Auckland) Regiment. Waikato .. .. .. 16th (Waikato) Eegiment. Waikato, Wanganui .. 7th Regiment (Wellington West Coast jg Rifles). Served in New Zealand .. I 9th Regiment (Wellington East Coast y Rifles). Waihi, Thames .. ,-.: 6th (Hauraki) Regiment. Served in New Zealand .. 1st (Canterbury) Regiment. Taranaki .. .. .. j 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). North of Auckland .. ! 15th (North Auckland) Regiment. Taranaki, Hutt, Porirua, Wai- 5th Regiment (Wellington Rifles). kato Served in New Zealand .. '. 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment. Detachment, Dunedin .. 4th Regiment (Otago Rifles). Served in New Zealand, 1845-7 I 8th Regiment (Southland Rifles). Served in New Zealand, 1845-7 10th Regiment (North Otago Rifles). Oxford and Bucks L.I. (43rd) Royal W T . Kent (50th) Middlesex (57th) Northampton (58th) York and Lancaster (65th) .. Durham L.I, (68th) East Surrey (70th) Manchester (96th) Wilts (99th)