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New Zealand, No. 104. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 15th June, 1914. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch of the Bth April, 1914, No. 149, forwarding copy of a despatch from His Royal Highness the Governor-General of Canada, enclosing a letter from the Cartier Centenary Committee of Montreal, inviting the Government of New Zealand to send representatives to the ceremony of inauguration of the memorial to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Sir Georges E. Cartier. 2. My Ministers inform me that the New Zealand Government cordially join in with the people of Canada in the desire that the great services rendered to the Empire by Sir Georges Etienne Cartier should be fully and fittingly commemorated, but that the Government regret that it is not possible to arrange for the official representation of this Dominion at the celebration festivities. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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No. 21. New Zealand, No. 105. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 15th June, 1914. I have the honour to inform you that I have been requested by my Ministers to place before you, for the favourable consideration of the Army Council, the following proposal :■ — It is proposed that the New Zealand Staff Cadets at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, on the completion of their four-years course at that College, should receive training with the Regular Army at Home and in India. They should leave New Zealand so as to arrive in England in March, to take part in company training, and continue attached to the unit until the end of the manoeuvres in September. They should then be sent to India and attached to a unit there, and, commencing with a company training, end their course of instruction with manoeuvres, after which they will return to New Zealand. By this means the Staff Cadets will accomplish two complete trainings in one year. Those Cadets selected at Duntroon for Engineer and Artillery duties will be attached to those respective organizations and carry out the complete annual training in the same way. 2. I shall be glad to learn whether the above-mentioned proposal meets with approval. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

N0.f22. New Zealand, No. 109. Sir,- — • Government House, Wellington, 15th June, 1914. With reference to your despatch, No. 164, of the 17th April, on the subject of the importation of meat into the United States of America, I have the honour to inform you, at the request of my Prime Minister, that the requirements of the Government of the United States have been carefully noted, that the matter of complying with them is being thoroughly gone into, and that no special difficulty is anticipated in arriving at an arrangement that will be satisfactory to both Governments. 2. A further communication will be forwarded to me with as little delay as possible, showing exactly what my Government propose to do to comply with the desire of the United States Department of Agriculture regarding the importation of New Zealand meat into that country.