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No. 10. New Zealand, No. 7. My Lord, — Downing Street, 7th January, 1920. With reference to Viscount Milner's despatch, Dominions, No. 611, of the Ist August, I have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that Sir David Pram, C.M.G., CLE., F.R.S., has been appointed to represent the Government of the Union of South Africa on the Managing Committee of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology. 2. Since the date of the despatch under reference the committee has lost three members—Professor West and Professor Trail by death, and Professor Vines by resignation. I have, &c, L. S. AMERY, For the Secretary of State. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. Earl of Liverpool, P. 0., G.C.M.G., G.8.E., M.V.O, &c.

No. 11. New Zealand, Dominions, No. 11. My Lord, — Downing Street, 7th January, 1920. With reference to Mr. (now Viscount) Harconrt's " Miscellaneous " despatch of the 20th March, 1913, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a circular despatch which has been addressed to the Governors of the colonies not having responsible government, and the protectorates, regarding the dissolution of the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, and the transfer of its assets and activities to the Imperial Studies Committee of the Royal Colonial Institute. I have, &c, L. S. AMERY, For the Secretary of State. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. Earl of Liverpool, P:C, G.C.M.G., G.8.E., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. (Circular.) g TE Downing Street, 19th December, 1919. With reference to Mr. (now Viscount) Harcourt's circular despatch of the 17th March, 1913, and previous correspondence, I have the honour to inform you that, with the gracious permission of Her Majesty the Queen, the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office has been dissolved, and its assets and activities transferred to the Imperial Studies Committee of the Royal Colonial Institute. 2. This step has been taken in consequence of representations to the effect that the objects for which the Visual Instruction Committee was originally constituted would, under existing conditions, be best furthered if its activities were transferred to some suitable unofficial body. Sir Charles Lucas, who was one of the Colonial Office representatives on the original committee, is Chairman of the Imperial Studies Committee, and he will continue to be closely associated with the work. I have, &c, L. S. Ambry, For the Secretary of State. The Officer Administering the Government of

New Zealand, No. 10. My Lord, — Downing Street, 14th January, 1920. In continuation of Lord Milner's despatch, No. 207, of the 10th December, 1919, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of a notice (Form O.A.T.S. 7) issued by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, showing the conditions under which grants are made for agricultural training overseas.