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arrangements might now be made to hold at an early date the proposed Conference of Entomologists of the Empire which has been deferred during the war. 2. I shall be glad to learn whether your Ministers concur in the proposal for the assembling of a Conference at as early a date as may be practicable, and whether arrangements can be made for the Government Entomologist (or officer responsible for entomological work) to attend the Conference. I have, (&c MILNER. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, P.C, G.C.M.G, G.B.E, M.V.O, &c.

No. 22. New Zealand, Dominions No. 279. My Lord,— Downing Street, 14th April, 1919. With reference to my despatch, Dominions No. 261, of the Bth April, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that it has now been decided that international salutes shall be resumed forthwith. 2. Instructions have been issued accordingly by the Army Council to all commands abroad having saluting-stations. I have, &c, MILNER Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, P.C, G.C.M.G, G.B.E, M.V.O, &c.

■- ■■ ',-' . No. 23. New Zealand, Dominions No. 355. My Lord,— Downing Street, Bth May, 1919. I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information, of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of an Army Council Instruction (No. 280 of 1919) containing particulars of the scheme which His Majesty's Government have adopted for providing higher education and training for exofficers and for men of similar educational qualifications. 2. I shall be glad to learn whether your Ministers have adopted, or contemplate adopting, any schemes of a like nature for members of their own Forces, and, if so, whether such schemes or the financial assistance given therein would be extended to — (a) Persons previously domiciled in New Zealand who have served in the Forces of the United Kingdom, or in any Force for which payment is made out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or in the Forces of one of the other self-governing Dominions; (b) persons previously domiciled elsewhere than in New Zealand who have served in the New Zealand Forces; and (c) other ex-servioe men of British nationality. I have, &c, MILNER. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, P.C, G.C.M.G, G.B.E, M.V.O, &c.

Enclosure. Army Council Instruction No. 280 of 1919. ~.,. War Office, 28th April, 1919. 280. Higher Education and Training for ex-Officers and Men of similar Educational Qualifications — Provision for Financial Assistance. . . 1. It has been decided that ex-officers and men of similar educational qualifications and of British nationality, whether ordinarily domiciled in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, if they have served during this war in the Naval, Military, or Air Forces of the Crown for which payment is made out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, shall be eligible for financial assistance to pursue courses of higher education at universities or other approved institutions, in agriculture, and in offices and works—(a) In the United Kingdom; (b) in the British Empire overseas or in foreign countries elsewhere than in the Dominion or country of a candidate's own domicile.