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position to express their views upon the terms of the draft International Conventions for the Unification of Maritime Law with regard to the Limitation of Shipowners' Liability and Maritime Mortgages and Liens. I have, &c, ■ L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, K.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 42. New Zealand, No. 267. My Lord, — Downing Street, 24th June, 1914. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 80, of the Bth May, and to request you to inform your Ministers that the letters enclosed therein from the honorary secretary of the New Zealand Association for the Severance of the Connection of the British Empire with the Opium Traffic have been forwarded to the persons to whom they were addressed. I have, &c, I, HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 43. New Zealand, No. 270. My Lord, — Downing Street, 26th June, 1914. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's telegram of the 23rd June, congratulating His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his birthday. 2. I have laid the telegram before His Royal Highness, who requests me to convey his thanks to you, to your Government, and to the people of New Zealand. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

No. 44. New Zealand, No. 274. My Lord, — Downing Street, 26th June, 1914. With further reference to Your Excellency's despatch, No. 73, of the 29th April, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the consideration of your Ministers, the accompanying copy of a letter from the National Health Insurance Commission on the subject of the health insurance of seamen. 2. I shall be glad if the request of the Commission can be complied with. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

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Enclosures. National Health Insurance Commission (England), g IR; Buckingham Gate, T S.W., 19th June, 1914. With reference to the second paragraph of your letter of the 12th instant, No. 20550/14, and to the despatch from the Governor of New Zealand, a copy of which accompanied your letter,