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Enclosure. Prime Minister's Office, Wellington, 2nd September, 1914. Memorandum for His Excellency the Governor. The Prime Minister presents his compliments, and would be glad if His Excellency will kindly conveyto the Imperial authorities the thanks and appreciation of the Government of this Dominion for the assistance rendered to their representative in India in the past, and desires that the same assistance may be accorded to Messrs. Landale and Clark (Limited), of Calcutta, the firm who are now taking up the duties of supervision of sterilization of animal-manure, formerly carried out by the representative of the Department of Agriculture of this Dominion. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister.

No. 38. New Zealand, No. 159. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 7th September, 1914. With reference to my despatch, No. 145, of the 28th August, 1913, and to previous correspondence on. the subject of the making of regulations to govern the use of wireless-telegraph apparatus on merchant ships while within territorial waters, I have the honour to inform you, at the request of my Prime Minister, that regulations have now been made, under the authority of section 9 of the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1913, governing the use of such apparatus on merchant ships not registered in New Zealand while such ships are within the territorial waters of this Dominion. 2. A copy of the regulations is enclosed. I have, &c, LIVERPOOL, The Right Hon. Lewis V. Harcourt, P.C., &c, Governor. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Enclosure. Regulations for Control of Ships carrying Wireless-telegraph Apparatus while within Territorial Waters oj New Zealand. Liverpool, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at "Wellington, this thirteenth day of July, 1914. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. Wherea,s by section nine of the Post and Telegraph Amendment Act, 1913 (hereinafter termed " the said Act "•), it is provided that the Governor may from time to time by Order in Council make such regulations as he thinks proper governing the use of wireless-telegraph apparatus on merchant ships, whether foreign ships or British ships not registered in New Zealand, while within the territorial waters of New Zealand, and that such regulations may provide for the detention of any merchant ship on which a breach of the regulations has been made pending the institution and determination of proceedings in respect of such breach and the recovery of any fine imposed in respect thereof: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations ; and doth hereby order that such regulations shall have effect on and from the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette. Regulations. 1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context, — " Territorial waters of New Zealand " means and includes all tidal waters included within the Dominion of New Zealand, and all parts of the open sea within one marine league of the coasts of that Dominion measured from low-water mark : " Minister of Telegraphs " means the Minister of Telegraphs for the time being : " Wireless telegraphy " has the same meaning as in section 162 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908: " Telegraph " has the same meanirg as in section 119 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 : " Naval signalling " means signalling by means of any system of wireless telegraphy between two or more ships of His Majesty's Navy, between ships of His Majesty's Navy and naval stations, or between a ship of His Majesty's Navy or a naval station and any other station, whether a coast station or a ship station : " The Admiralty " means the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: " Coast station " means a wireless-telegraph station which is established on land or on board a ship permanently moored, and which is open for the service of correspondence between the land and ships at sea :

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