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Enclosure. Sir, — Government House, Ottaw.a, 29th December, 1916. I have the honour to forward herewith, for your information, copies of the document noted in the'subjoined schedule. I have, &c, The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Devonshire.

Certified Extract prom the Minutes op a Meeting op the Treasury Board, held on the 13th Decf.mber, 1916, approved by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 20th December, 1916. Trade and Commerce. The Board recommend that the Orders in Council of the 6th June and the 29th November, 1916, appointing an Honorary Advisory Council consisting of nine members in connection with the scheme of scientific and industrial research, and also appointing the said Council, be so amended that the said Council shall consist of eleven members instead of nine, and adding to the list of members the names of Professor Stafford F. Kirkpatrick, M.Sc, of Queen's University, Kingston, and Arthur Surveyor, B.Sc, Consulting Engineer of Montreal, and a graduate of the Polytechnic School of Montreal. The Board also recommend that the members of the said Council be paid a per-diem allowance of 10 dollars in lieu of all expenses other than railway tickets, such per-diem allowance to be paid from the date they may leave their place of residence in Canada until their return thereto, when travelling in connection with the duties of the said Council. The Board further recommend that Dr. A. B. Maoallum, M.8., Ph.D., Sc.D., University of Toronto, be appointed permanent Chairman of the said Council, with headquarters at Ottawa, with a salary of 10,000 dollars per annum, to date from the 15th December, 1916; and, further, that the said charges and other expenses be payable out of the vote for 1916-17 to provide for the development and extension of Canadian trade. p g Bennetts Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council.

No. 18. New Zealand, No. 20. My Lord, — Downing Street, 6th February, 1917. With reference to Your Excellency's despatch, No. 288, of the 22nd November last, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of a letter from Sir Ernest Rutherford, accepting the nomination of your Government as their representative on the governing body of the Imperial College of Science and Technology. 2. The High Commissioner for New Zealand and the Registrar of the Imperial College have been informed of the appointment. I have, &c, WALTER 11. LONG. Governor His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, G.C.M.G., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. g IR 17 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester, 27th January, 1917. 1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd January, and of the enclosed papers, dealing with the representation of the colonies on the governing body of the Imperial College of Science and Technology. I am much honoured by my selection by the New Zealand Government as their representative on the governing body of the Imperial College, and shall be pleased to act for them in that capacity. l llllve : &0 -> The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. E. Rutherford.

Date. Description. Subject. 1916. 20 December Certified extract from the minutes of Scheme of scientific and industrial re a meeting of the Treasury Board. search. (P.O. 126/3137) '