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3. If your Government are prepared to concur in this proposal the Army Council will grant pay and allowances at Home rates to officers who are thus attached to the Permanent Forces for the period laid down in paragraph 240 of the Special Reserve Regulations, and training performed in this manner will entitle retired officers to draw the retired pay or gratuities to which they may be entitled by performing the prescribed training. Officers undergoing such attachment will apply for their pay and allowances to the Secretary, War Office. The application should be accompanied by a certificate showing the period of training, signed by the officer commanding the unit with which the training has been performed, and no pay or allowances will be issuable until this certificate has been received. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 43. New Zealand, No. 255. My Lord,— Downing Street, 11th July, 1913. I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that I learn from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that when Sir G. KingHall's flag is hauled down on the transfer of the new Australian Station to the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia the senior officer of the Imperial ships remaining in Australasian waters will thenceforward be known as the Senior Naval Officer, New Zealand Division. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c. No. 44. New Zealand.—Miscellaneous. My Lord,— Downing Street, 16th July, 1913. I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that it has been decided that from the Ist October next the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand shall be entitled to receive a salute of nineteen guns, like the Governors-General of the Dominion of Canada, the Commonweaith of Australia, and the Union of South Africa. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will instruct the naval authorities on the station accordingly. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c. No. 45. New Zealand, No. 270. My Lord,— Downing Street, 18th July, 1913. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 39, of the 18th March, regarding the appointment of Mr. J. G. H. Moore, of Buenos Aires, as honorary representative of the New Zealand Government in Argentina. 2. In reply, I have to request you to inform your Ministers that a copy of your despatch was duly forwarded to His Majesty's Minister at Buenos Aires, with instructions to afford Mr. Moore such assistance as could properly be given to him. I have, &c. L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 44. New Zealand.—Miscellaneous. My Lord,— Downing Street, 16th July, 1913. I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that it has been decided that from the Ist October next the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand shall be entitled to receive a salute of nineteen guns, like the Governors-General of the Dominion of Canada, the Commonweaith of Australia, and the Union of South Africa. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty will instruct the naval authorities on the station accordingly. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 45. New Zealand, No. 270. My Lord,— Downing Street, 18th July, 1913. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 39, of the 18th March, regarding the appointment of Mr. J. G. H. Moore, of Buenos Aires, as honorary representative of the New Zealand Government in Argentina. 2. In reply, I have to request you to inform your Ministers that a copy of your despatch was duly forwarded to His Majesty's Minister at Buenos Aires, with instructions to afford Mr. Moore such assistance as could properly be given to him. I have, &c. L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.